https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/more-colleges-have-announced-plans-to-drop-their-student-healthplans-due-costs-imposed-by-obamacare/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:25:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/more-colleges-have-announced-plans-to-drop-their-student-healthplans-due-costs-imposed-by-obamacare/#comment-52386 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:25:02 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=17658#comment-52386 Bob, your comment is totally off base. Given the fact (multiple sources) that something like typical total cost of emergency appendectomy is $17,000 to $22,000 depending on stage (http://www.journalacs.org/article/S1072-7515%2811%2901363-9/abstract) , then the increase in minimum coverage beyond $10,000 is needed. You can debate at what point the coverage should cap at, however $100,000 is not unreasonable. So for a coverage increase 10 fold, the premium cost is up 3+ fold. The increase in cost to the student is reasonable, given that we know young people can and will do things where serious injury can happen. Often doing the right thing costs a bit.

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