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Officials at one one of the nation's oldest and most elite historically black colleges are citing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as the reason they have cancelled a school-wide affordable health care plan they had offered students.
The official website for Bowie State, a Maryland public school less than an hour's drive from Washington D.C., explains that Obamacare's new regulations would force the cost of the insurance to rise from $50 to $900 a semester.
- See more at: Public college cites high cost of Obamacare in canceling students' health plans
I go to a CC, they had one for $45 a month if I remember correctly. But, it only covered hospitalizations and in-patient. Basically, it was enough to cover you during clinical experiences from exposure to biohazards and other things.
I would have liked the ACA for all of its faults, but they didn't have a mandate that all states MUST expand Medicaid or lose federal funding for Medicaid and Medicare. I'm in that hole. I'm a former full time worker turned part time worker and full time college student. I have no kids so I can't get on Medicaid in PA, and I can't afford the $120+ in premiums for a catastrophic plan.
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