A Young America’s Foundation activist forwarded an email from the Vice President for Finance at his school, Guilford College (Greensboro, NC), informing him that, “For the 2012-13 academic year, the annual cost of the student health insurance is increasing from $668 to $1,179. This insurance premium has been charged to your student account.”
Why the increase? “Our student health insurance policy premium has been substantially increased due to changes required by federal regulations issued on March 16, 2012 under the Affordable Care Act.”
Guilford College has been forced to raise their student premiums 76 percent, yet this administrator still insists on calling it the Affordable Care Act.
Seems a bit ironic, to say the least.
Guilford joins a long list of colleges raising their premiums. Virtually all current student insurance plans do not meet ObamaCare’s mandates, and Forbes reports colleges have been forced to drop their plans or raise their premiums rates as much as 1,112% (and no, that’s not a typo).
I’m shocked! You mean the government deciding what our insurance companies will offer will raise the prices of our insurance? Get outta here.
Sigh….
And don’t forget how 15 unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats are required to reduce Medicare costs which will, as Paul Ryan said:
lead to denied care for current seniors.
Oh, I forgot, PolitiFact says that’s false. They are wrong.
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All of those young folks who voted for the guy who was going to spread the wealth around is getting what they asked for! Just who did they think was going to pay for those services that was not needed?
Well, someone has to pay for Sandra Fluke’s contraceptives.
Hahahahahaha. That is karma.
I would speculate that college health care plans are suffering because more students under 26 years old are opting to stay on theirs parents policies because of better coverage—supple and demand.
At the same time, “… cost of health-care coverage for campus employees went up again in 2012, but not as much as in previous years….” http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Health-Care-Costs/133757/
If there are any adverse situations that weren’t considered in the progressive plan, they can be tweaked over time—which is distinguished from basic conservative plans: No change , no need for national healthcare plans, no need for tweaking.
@Liberal1 (objectivity):
Did you even bother to read the article and the statement from the college regarding why the rates were being increased? Apparently not. Hence, your addle brained response.
Here is the pertinent material that flew over your head:
Anyone who OBJECTIVELY has read the law and it’s particulars has known since it’s inception that costs would rise dramatically, including for many things associated peripherally to Obamacare. As such, rising costs for college students aren’t surprising.
OK.
Who * Did * Not * See * This * Coming???