2 million eager for health care on parents' plans

Associated Press ^ | April 1, 2010 | Carla K. Johnson

[vpintheak]

Oh how did we ever survive? I hear the military is recruiting, AND they provide food, lodging, clothing, and healthcare! Amazing!

[Wyatt's Torch]

Thank you for your service.

[nina0113]

I’ll bet they are, the little chiselers.

[Scotsman will be Free]

“Her 23-year-old son is losing his insurance this month, and her 25-year-old daughter has been uninsured for two years.”

Join the army you frigging cockroaches.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Yes, they will. You will also be required to give them free room and board until they decide to move out, and you will also be required to pay for their college, no matter how many years it takes.

[nina0113]

If this woman was paying as employee only and now has to go to the family rate, that’s usually a pretty good bump - almost double in my plan.

It's 5x on mine. Employee-only is fairly low cost (for now - I think that'll change in October), and employee + 1 is twice that. Employee + family is where you take the big hit.

[surrey]

When my youngest graduated from college in ‘97 he was on his own healthcare-wise. He could no longer be included on our plan. Until he found his first job, he purchased short term insurance which i don’t think is possible any longer. We’re in MA.

[RWGinger]

did you go to the link? It says in Mass children can stay on parent’s policy to age 26. It doesn’t say when it was passed but just because you couldn’t in 97 doesn’t mean one can’t now
things do change after all

[olivia3boys]

What’s nice about “self and family” is that those of us with lots of kids (I have 4) have a bit of a break, as it is the same $ to cover 1 kid as lots of kids. . .

But I’m sure that larger-family benefit will change one day soon. . .

[surrey]

Oh, I’m quite sure it’s changed since then.

[darkangel82]

They sure have some interesting delusions, don’t they.

[RWGinger]

if you go to the link it will show you.

I don’t know how many states don’t already have laws for this
but to read and hear MSM tell it this is obamawonderful
Just like te AP story which is a lie. Pa already allowed kids to age 30

[codercpc]

There are literally hundreds of adults (not kids) in my husbands company that will now be able to get back on Mom or Dads "Cadillac" insurance plan. How much more money can companies absorb?

I bet you that during next years open benefit, the company will no longer have "family" coverage, instead the will cover the employee, and each dependent individually.

THANKS OBAMA!!!!!!

Oh by the way, my son will be not have to worry about health insurance for 6 more years, so we will benefit, but that doesn't make me like this plan any more. I am sick and tired of this administration sticking their nose in private businesses.

[misterrob]

This is a benefit for the insurance companies if they are able to charge for additional users of the service since people in this bracket don’t consume a lot of services.

[The Great RJ]

If their “kids” are not dependents won’t the value of the insurance be considered taxable by the IRS?

[Montanabound]

Here in Oklahoma my son was kicked off our insurance policy when he turned 22. He had already graduated from college. He bought a policy from Blue Cross that costs $50 a month until he found a full time job. Yes, it had a $5000 deductible, but we told him he should have it in case of an accident or serious illness. Of course, under Obamacare, this type of policy will not be allowed because it does not cover substance abuse, marriage counseling, sex-change operations, or autism.

[montag813]

These are the "millennials," those who came of age in the new century and now are struggling to get on their feet during the worst slump since the Depression.

Any business owner (like myself) who has tried to hire these "millenials" knows very well what self-centered lazy divas most of them are. The two millenials I hired for SQL Database programming lasted less than 3 months on the job. They complain, need almost constant reassurance (likely a result of "winner"-free schooling where "self-esteem" was valued above performance), training and re-training, and expect perks and benefits like they're at Google or something.

So I finally hired a 57-year old engineer who had been laid off from a defense company after 30 yrs and was depressed about it. He had sort-of used MS Access, but not much else. Well: in 6 weeks he became a Jedi Master in SQL programming. He works damn hard, has humility, and determination. I couldn't be happier. Friends have told me similiar bad experiences with 20-30 yr old millenials in the workplace. And the WSJ had a piece on it.

Do any of you have such stories? I really would like to know.