Most college graduates bid farewell to their insurance plans the same day they bid farewell to their alma mater. Most. But some states and private insurance companies are addressing the increasing numbers of uninsured young adults with programs or laws to make the transition to the working world a little easier, and healthier. The question is whether these policies are enough. Read the rest of this entry »
Trying to figure out the difference between an agent and a broker? Should you get a plan with a high premium and low deductible or a low premium and a high deductible? Should you take advantage of an HSA? Use our health insurance glossary to make informed decisions about your health care choices.
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Florida doesn’t offer much of a healthcare safety net for new college graduates. Employer-provided insurance plans remain a new graduate’s best bet for decent coverage, but with an unemployment rate of 10.7 percent as of July, prospects of jobs with such perks can be discouraging.
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This is part of our series on the decisions young adults are making as they manage their health care.
Ashley Bearden, age 23, public relations account executive, New York CityWhen Ashley Bearden graduated Nashville’s Belmont University last year, she had a pretty sweet offer awaiting her: a full-time post with a great salary at Polly Ryerson PR, the New York-based public relations company with which she had interned while in school.
For an Alabama native looking to jumpstart her career, saying yes was a no-brainer. The catch? The small company couldn’t afford a group plan for employees, leaving Bearden on her own.
Back in the spring of 2008, a few months shy of my graduation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, it seemed I was one of a handful of graduates setting off with a plan. Well thought-out, and solid. I majored in journalism and minored in Spanish, and my plan included entering in graduate journalism school at Northwestern University’s Medill School last fall.
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Try as you might to ignore the circus around the current healthcare debate, there’s no denying the numbers are sobering: Some 46 million men, women and children are uninsured, according to a 2008 Census Bureau report. That total is contested, though, with stories, including this Wall Street Journal article, saying nearly 10 million are not American citizens. Still, 21 million worked full-time in 2007, and 18 million are aged 18-34. Click here if you’re a young adult willing to take our 5-10 minute online survey.
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