Standing with about 50 young adults and two top-ranking members of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Erie, was "the person of the hour" yesterday, in the words of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Actually, she has five ADULTS between 20 and 30, though she apparently is content to keep them children. This is a guaranteed way to increase health care costs for everybody.
They assembled at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to announce that a bill introduced by Ms. Dahlkemper to allow young adults to stay on their parents' insurance plans from age 19 through 26 will be included in pending health care reform legislation. Pennsylvania, one of 30 states to have a similar provision, passed a law this year allowing young people to remain on their parents' health insurance until they turn 30.
The first-term congresswoman said she knows from experience about the problems of insuring 20-somethings, as she has five children between 20 and 30.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Expanding Childhood to Age 26
Some people talk about the crass society we live in today robbing kids of their childhood, but one rookie congresswoman wants to expand childhood to age 26:
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By the time my father was 25 years old, he was married, owned a home, had a wife and child, and another child on the way.
Now our society wants to prolong adolescence until age 25?
It's time for our "children" to stop wasting their time and our tax-payer dollars and get a job!
Many insurers allow college students to remain on their parent's health insurance as long as they are full-time students. You would be amazed at how many students enroll for the minimum number of units at community college, get the documentation that they are enrolled full-time, then withdraw from all their classes. This happens term after term. These students have no real intention of getting a degree, but just fill seats, costing taxpayers money.
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