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By David McGlinchey dmcglinchey@govexec.com February 10, 2005
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    This is bull. No dependent should be covered past the age of 18. Student status is a joke and should be dropped. Students can get health coverage from the school at significantly lower rates than the public in general. Why should I pay a higher premium because you want to take care of your baby forever as long as someone else pays?

    taxpayer Posted March 25, 2005 6:13 AM
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    Stop it! Everyone knows that the current administration will never agree to do anything except allow their buddies (giant healthcare providers) to raise rates and lower services. I laugh at these articles because over my 20 years in government service the healthcare has only gone in one direction...

    GovExec.com reader Posted February 11, 2005 6:29 AM
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    To that last responder. Amen to that. My daughter turned 22 five months before she graduated from college and I was stuck with temporary continuation of coverage as a separate expense. It cost me $300 per month and since she was not employed I kept it for 2 years, costing me approximately $7,000.00. Many of her classmates were 5 year programs, such as pharmacology, and would easily be pushing 24 before they graduated. They should get real and recognize this and extend coverage to 25.

    GovExec.com reader Posted February 10, 2005 3:49 PM
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    I would like to see a change in how long we can cover our dependent children. The children currently are not covered beyond the age of 22 and most are still in college at that age. It would be very beneficial to be able to provide them coverage until the age of 25.

    GovExec.com reader Posted February 10, 2005 10:54 AM

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