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Originally Posted by flstf
If this is true then why doesn't the state help provide health insurance to those who don't have it and lower taxes $350 million?
Why the complicated formulas? If the state wants to provide universal healthcare then they should just provide it and raise or lower taxes accordingly. Who knows, maybe the insurance companies will give them a great group rate.  |
If they did that, how long do you think people would continue to pay for their insurance? Not long, I'd wager. No - I see the point that if you are going to do this it has to be all or nothing. It will be very interesting to see the outcome of this. I'm skeptical, but honestly I wish Massachusetts well.
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Originally Posted by kutulu
Lots of people are able to keep health care under their parents policies into their 20's. I did. This may extend it a bit but not by a lot. Again, how is this that different?
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This may be nitpicking since we've moved on, but I don't know anyone who was covered by their parents' insurance until they were 25. 21 and 23, depending on school status, seem to be the common cutoffs (and are what my insurance provides for any children that I might have). I'm not saying it's impossible for insurance to cover 25, but it must be pretty uncommon. Anyway, it's probably not worth figuring out since the extra 2 years of coverage will hardly be what makes or breaks this plan.