[quote=KSMountain] Regarding the original topic of this thread, when I first heard of the provision about insurance for 26 year olds, my first thought was, “wow we’re extending the definition of childhood even *further*”. I admit I was pretty immature at 26, but I certainly wasn’t on my parents’ policy. Where might this end? Might brian be lobbying us to extend it to 30 or 35 in a few years? Maybe we should extend the dependent child exemption to that age? Yeah, that would be good for our society…[/quote]

You’re exactly right, KS. Instead of addressing the real problem, we’re just giving the insurance companies an opportunity to make more money, by enlarging their risk pools with young, healthy enrollees. The insurance company execs didn’t just fall off the turnip truck yesterday: they know that parents will pay a lot of extra money for peace of mind, and they recognized that parents are “cutting the cord” much later these days.