Countless issues and problems are arising since the health bill (aka ObamaCare) was passed. One of these problems being its effect on those families that have young adults. ObamaCare was originally supposed to have been something of a saving grace for those families. The healthcare overhaul was planned to keep those in the 20 year old or so market covered, as they transitioned from school to the workforce. This was to alleviate much of the concern of their parents, not having to worry what will happen when they would not be “allowed” to cover them under their own health plan any longer. ObamaCare came along saying that these young adults could be covered under their parent’s health plan until the age of 26. Sounds great, right? Well, like much of the rest of ObamaCare one needs to read the fine print.
Now employers of these parents are trying to figure out what to do with this, and how it should be handled. They are attempting to decide whether or not they should offer this benefit immediately. If they do decide to offer it immediately, it will obviously become an extra expense for the parent’s employer. Should additional federal income taxes be held? The cost of the extra healthcare insurance has to be supplemented somewhere, should it be through federal income taxes? No one knows. That is one of the problems. Next concern is, this again will be an extra added expense for the parent’s employer, but what do they price the additional coverage at? Again, no one has a clue. Much like the rest of ObamaCare, when posed with an issue the tendency is to throw hands up in the air and say “we’ll figure it out.” Well we need to figure it out, and quickly. It seems that government officials have even been saying that these young adults will not be covered until 2011. Anyone have a clue what will happen if something happens to one of these young adults medically before 2011 comes around?
Concern is mounting on all ends, especially since graduation days are getting closer and closer. Many large companies are reporting that the number one question that their Human Resource departments have been receiving is how they can go about keeping their kids covered. There is no particular age set in stone for when a child can not be covered under their parent’s health insurance. Usually it is when the child graduates from college. Problem being though, many children decide not to continue with a college education. When the healthcare bill was trying to be promoted to the public, it was said that almost half a million young adults would receive coverage. Unfortunately though, none of the possible problems with this were mentioned beforehand. The biggest caveat is with the big companies. Big companies have a certain amount of money in their budget that goes directly to the healthcare plans of its employees. They in turn choose insurers to act as an intermediate to administer the coverage to their employees. Because of the new healthcare rules, unless something is changed, there will be a definite lag in when the larger corporations can offer this new benefit to their employees.
This is one issue and problem that ObamaCare has brought into light. Of course, this is not the only problem by far. The list sadly keeps growing. The only way that we can change things, is to ban together as Americans and let our voice be heard. This means by writing letters, calling our representatives, voicing our opinions to others. Whether we are citizens, doctors, lawyers, anesthesiologists, students, waitresses, bricklayers, etc, we can make a change. The most important thing is not to stay silent. If you are against the new healthcare bill for this reason or any other reason, join us at www.physiciansagainstobamacare.org and work with us to let the Government know that we will not take this lying down. ObamaCare must be stopped.