Health insurance won’t automatically make you healthy
As college students, our options to stay healthy are narrowed to either paying for health insurance like Obamacare to stay healthy or to use natural remedies to prevent an illness.
As college students, our options to stay healthy are narrowed to either paying for health insurance like Obamacare to stay healthy or to use natural remedies to prevent an illness.
ObamaCare says that after a child turns 26, they are no longer protected by their family’s health insurance. FIU is making sure that every student is covered by a health insurance.
With the ObamaCare enrollment deadline only a couple weeks away, FIU will host its final Health Insurance Information Enrollment Event at the Biscayne Bay Campus Feb. 7.
With the rise in costs of health coverage, some students are concerned with how to carry insurance even before graduation arrives.
Generation Opportunity recently released its Millennial Jobs Report for December 2013 which pointed to an effective 15.9 percent non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for 18 to 29 year olds, only a slight drop from June 2013’s 16.1 percent rate.
President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010. Three years later, the controversy and confusion regarding its implications continue.
Contributing writer Cherilyn Bean believes Obamacare works for young women like her.
Last spring, students, faculty and staff were met by a smoke/tobacco free initiative by the University but as of yet don’t know what will happen if they light a cigarette.
Lianamar Davila of Student Media takes a look at FIU’s newest policy: the “Breathe Easy,” Anti-Smoking Campaign.