• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    Anyone else remember before the ACA when it was 18 and some insurances would let you stay on an additional 4 years if you were in college? That was a driving factor in me going to college when I wasn’t ready and burning the fuck out. At least it was a public school and I didn’t have any debt.

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      3 days ago

      right before the ACA you could stay on til you were 24 i think through cobra if you were in college in my state. it was pretty nice since i decided to start using the insurance for realsies right before my 18th birthday, which was more expensive than college funnily enough.

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        Oh yeah, cobra was a nightmare, I was on that for a few months and I think it was something like $500/month? Which was absolutely bonkers in mid 00s dollars. Staying on the insurance while in college without paying for cobra was a perk that my dad’s job offered, so it was cheaper for me to be in college than not if I wanted healthcare.

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        When I was in college, the university provided Healthcare. Sure we had to go to the student health center but the doctors were professors in the med school.