On 10/13/2012 2:16 PM, Dano wrote:
> "Gov. Smirk" wrote in message news:
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> Coo coo....coo coo...
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Congratulations class warrior, you are precisely where I moved your game
piece to.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/05/in-north-carolina-student-insurance-costs-rise-under-obamacare/
In North Carolina, student insurance costs rise under Obamacare
Posted by
CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) - President Obama's health care reform
law, which expands preventative care and lets young people remain on
their parents' health insurance plans well into their 20s, is a central
part of his election year pitch to college students.
And perhaps nowhere are students more critical to the president's
re-election chances than in North Carolina, a state jam-packed with
colleges and universities that were blitzed by Obama campaign organizers
in 2008.
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But as the president fights to keep the conservative-leaning state in
his column this November, education officials here are complicating his
campaign message by citing "Obamacare" as a reason for the rising cost
of student health insurance plans on campuses from Asheville to Wilmington.
In April, Tom Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina
system, sent a letter to the university's board of governors announcing
that students should brace for a hike in the cost of university-provided
insurance plans.
Ross explained that at least 64,000 North Carolina college students -
roughly a third of those enrolled in the state's 17 public universities
- should expect to see "substantial" increases in health coverage costs
for the 2012-2013 academic year.
"Based on more than three semesters of actual claims experience, as well
as the new provisions of the Affordable Care Act, we are facing large
increases in premiums for our students," Ross wrote in the letter.
In North Carolina, college students are required to have proof of health
insurance, either through their university, their parents or a private
provider.
Students who purchase insurance plans from North Carolina public
universities this fall will be shelling out $709 per semester. That's up
significantly from a cost of $460 per semester last year.