"Dedicated
to Health Insurance for College Students".
The Good News
About Current Law in States Without Similar
Legislation…
Once children reach
age 19, they can continue to receive benefits
under their parents’ health
insurance if they are enrolled as full time college
students. The reason for this is that full time
college students are concentrating on their studies
and cannot be expected to work full time in order
to obtain their own health insurance. This makes
sense.
The Bad News About
Current Law in States Without Similar Legislation…
If a college student suddenly becomes seriously
ill or injured and cannot maintain a full time
college schedule, he or she has three choices:
| 1. |
Maintaining
a full time schedule against doctors’ advice
and possibly decreasing his or her chance
of getting well. |
| 2. |
Cutting back
his or her hours and losing the very health
benefits he or she is relying on for recovery,
or |
| 3. |
Cutting back
his or her hours and paying the cost of maintaining
health insurance through C.O.B.R.A, the premiums
for which are often too great for a family
to
bear. |
