Bonus Chapter
Taking Care with Health Insurance
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting the basics on health insurance coverage
Choosing the best coverage
Understanding how government has changed health insurance in recent years
Making use of health savings accounts
When you’re young and living under your parents’ roof, you’re unlikely to be concerned with health insurance. School-aged kids generally get their health insurance through a parent’s coverage, a practice that’s usually continued through college.
Welcome to the young-adult world of health insurance! Health insurance was in the news soon after the election of President Barack Obama in 2008 because he promised during the campaign, and then pushed for, a national health insurance program (Obamacare passed in 2010) mandated by the federal government.
Health insurance was front and center once again during the 2016 presidential election. Candidate Donald Trump promised over and over again that he would “repeal and replace” Obamacare with “something so much better.” Once elected, President Trump soon discovered that the U.S. healthcare and ...
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