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Mercnbeth -> RE: Has any one heard anything about obama passing a law kids are to be considered kids till 26? (4/16/2010 6:19:42 AM)
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So young people get a little break on having to go out and get their own insurance, up to age 26. What the hell is wrong with that?
"Wrong" - Obviously depends on agenda based politics.
Pragmatically, it further delays personal accountability and responsibility. Then there's the matter of inconsistency; you are a child until 26 for insurance, but can join the military at 18 and take on the responsibility and accountability for killing and being killed. The majority of the 'criminals' at Abu Ghraib were under 26 - perhaps their lawyers should push to have them tried in juvenile court?
At 21, or 18 for that matter, health insurance is not only available but its price is the cheapest it will ever be for them. The other pragmatic matter is cost. Personal example; in my house 'spouse coverage' is about $450/month. 'family coverage' (spouse with one or more children) $740/month. Cost for individual age 21 - $179/month. Is coverage to 26 another repayment for the insurance industry PAC payoff? Who knows, the result is the result.
What the President said: At the White House, Obama repeated the promise he made to a cheering crowd at Arcadia University in Glenside two weeks ago. "This year," Obama said yesterday, "young adults will be able to stay on their parents' policies until they're 26 years old."
Of course - like most coming out of Washington - that wasn't quite right; ...the president's promise may be premature. The bill Obama signed leaves a giant loophole, one that will be fixed if the reconciliation bill now being debated in the Senate passes.
I guess it makes it easier to assign immature versus naive to those who applauded so loudly at the college speech, since the bottom line is that, with few exceptions, everyone at the college could have, and still can, acquire health insurance for less than the burden of being on their parents dole. Many in the audience, as in the general public, are under the mistaken belief that this insurance will be 'free'. What a surprise when "access" means just about the same as it means now - most insurance companies, (the aforementioned mine included) expand their eligibility requirements through college - but its not free. Nor will this be, either by taxation or direct payment - but it will abdicate more personal responsibility and expand the expectation of entitlement. The indoctrination of reliance on another as a source for everything you need or could want in life, is a consistent with general policy out of Washington.
Of course - these facts won't matter - responses will be all about me and how I've interpreted the reality of this great social engineering project. However, bottom line - the Health Bill does have a stipulation where you can be a 'child', or at least treated like one, until 26. Either that should be consistent with other age related laws and restrictions or it should be exposed for its hypocrisy. I guess there is another option - rationalizing it's got "good intent" - you know "for the children....".
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