Thanks. I just don’t want people to miss the real implications here.
I had to use the google html to be able to copy and paste and wasn’t sure which link to use up above. :)
Georgetown has Mandatory Health Insurance (sounds like ObamaCare)
http://studentaffairs.georgetown.edu/insurance/letteraccept.html
Fall 2011-2012 Plan Year:
Term of Coverage: 8/15/2011 - 8/14/2012
Open Enrollment: 2nd week in July - September 15, 2011
$1,895 per student
$5,516 per student and spouse
$5,516 per student and child(ren)
$8,680 per student and family
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Students can waive out of this plan only with proof and submission of having comparable insurance levels -$100,000K per illness and $100,000K per injury
(this is what goes on in MA under RomneyCare, if you do not opt for your employers insurance they need a note that states you have insurance elsewhere)
The thing with college - now most students - up to 26yrs old - can still be under their parents policies - I’ve read where upwards of 2/3rds of students in the US are covered under their parents policies..
Fluke’s testimony was carefully crafted - notice she relays stories of “students” in their 30’s - to not have an argument that most are covered under parents. It also is deceptive because the college does offer to opt-out of their plan and students can buy other plans - I looked at over 20 plans for DC for a 30 year old female student - all of them under the $157/mo of the Georgetown plan cost - all of them presumable covering BCP’s and most likely hitting that 100K coverage standard.
There were so many ways to rip Fluke’s testimony apart - but by calling her a slut - when she never talked about herself in the testimony - killed a great opportunity to rip this whole thing apart.
Ugh