The "American dream"
Nicole Weber
Issue date: 10/8/09 Section: Opinion
o pay for their own healthcare? No. I've had to learn this the hard way. My parents are on Mass Health, and so was I until I turned twenty. If a family is on Mass Health, which is for low-income families, then after age nineteen they are no longer eligible.
But please tell me where a full time student, with multiple jobs and payments through the roof, is supposed to find an extra two to three grand a year. I was told when I turned twenty that I had to find other means of coverage than Mass Health. However, I had no money to afford to get it. Since the new law that a Massachusetts residents must have health insurance was passed, I realized I had no choice.
Now this isn't fair for me or for anyone else that has to go through this. Why do the people who have parents who can pay for them to go to college get to keep the insurance their parents are on? To me this needs to be adjusted. I mean if the government wants to pay my loans, then fine. They can have my money for health insurance, but it's a struggle to pay for both. For many people I know, my self included, they are going to school full time and juggling more than two jobs. Not only are they paying for college, cell phone bills, books, etc., now they have to pay for health insurance. It's a lot harder coming from a low-income family to have a good time while in college.
The "American Dream" is almost impossible for the financially unstable. How do they expect me or others to stay in college and get out of the rut our parents are in if they keep loading us with bills. It's the dream of everyone to live a healthy, happy, carefree life, but why put so much stress on people that are too young. We should be out enjoying our youth. A twenty year old is perfectly healthy for the most part and shouldn't have to pay the same amount as someone who is sixty, yet they do. I think it is rather unfair for a college student, who for the most part may only get the flu, strep throat, or bronchitis to name a few, to have to pay a large sum of money.
I still don't like the law that everyone has to have health insurance now either. This is because I believe that if a person thinks they can be fine without it, let them be, because no one should be forced into anything. I don't mind having health insurance; I like being able to go to the doctors and emergency room for minimal charges, but I don't go that often and I don't think I should be paying as much.
Also, what if a person who is a full time student didn't have a job? How would they pay once off of their Mass Health? You don't have to agree, just think about how hard it must be for a student in this situation.
But please tell me where a full time student, with multiple jobs and payments through the roof, is supposed to find an extra two to three grand a year. I was told when I turned twenty that I had to find other means of coverage than Mass Health. However, I had no money to afford to get it. Since the new law that a Massachusetts residents must have health insurance was passed, I realized I had no choice.
Now this isn't fair for me or for anyone else that has to go through this. Why do the people who have parents who can pay for them to go to college get to keep the insurance their parents are on? To me this needs to be adjusted. I mean if the government wants to pay my loans, then fine. They can have my money for health insurance, but it's a struggle to pay for both. For many people I know, my self included, they are going to school full time and juggling more than two jobs. Not only are they paying for college, cell phone bills, books, etc., now they have to pay for health insurance. It's a lot harder coming from a low-income family to have a good time while in college.
The "American Dream" is almost impossible for the financially unstable. How do they expect me or others to stay in college and get out of the rut our parents are in if they keep loading us with bills. It's the dream of everyone to live a healthy, happy, carefree life, but why put so much stress on people that are too young. We should be out enjoying our youth. A twenty year old is perfectly healthy for the most part and shouldn't have to pay the same amount as someone who is sixty, yet they do. I think it is rather unfair for a college student, who for the most part may only get the flu, strep throat, or bronchitis to name a few, to have to pay a large sum of money.
I still don't like the law that everyone has to have health insurance now either. This is because I believe that if a person thinks they can be fine without it, let them be, because no one should be forced into anything. I don't mind having health insurance; I like being able to go to the doctors and emergency room for minimal charges, but I don't go that often and I don't think I should be paying as much.
Also, what if a person who is a full time student didn't have a job? How would they pay once off of their Mass Health? You don't have to agree, just think about how hard it must be for a student in this situation.
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