The Supreme Court upheld a key centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan today, meaning that American citizens must be insured by 2014 or face a penalty. The ruling also means that a complete repeal of Obamacare is now less likely.
So what does this ruling mean for college students? Well, to begin with, we can remain on our parents’ healthcare plans until the age of 26. This means that, unlike many before us, it is much more likely that we can remain insured through graduate school.
The ruling also means that, if your parents don’t have insurance or you don’t want to sign up with your college’s healthcare plan, you will have other options. According to Brian Burnsed’s post at www.usnews.com:
The law mandates the creation of public health insurance exchanges, which will allow students and other consumers a chance to compare different policies and purchase one they can afford. These insurance exchanges will be established by Jan. 1, 2014, meaning that until that time, finding suitable insurance outside of your school or your parents may be an opaque—and expensive—endeavor. (Burnsed, usnews.com)
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Content Managing Editor Nic Turiciano is a senior journalism major. He writes about music, film, pop culture and all things associated with leisure. He began at the Collegian in the fall of 2009, is the former local director for 90.5 KCSU Fort Collins and contributor for www.theawl.com. He can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
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