Congratulations on graduating. Now go get health insurance USA Today
The National Association of Colleges and Employers reports that an estimated 1 million alumni dropped from their parents' health insurance coverage upon graduating this year. Replacing that insurance is a problem for former college students because they're often short on cash.
Graduates should aim for the most affordable plan: health insurance through employers, says Jon Gabel, senior fellow of the health policy and evaluation department at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago .
However, college graduates face a tough job market. More than 2.5 million recent college grads are unemployed, NACE says. One of them is Samantha Whiteside, 24, a health and fitness major who graduated from Virginia Polytechnic University last year.
Her career outlook seemed promising at first. She found work at an outpatient rehabilitation center in March as a technician and wellness instructor for mentally ill seniors. She was told health insurance benefits would kick in after three months. Three days before her third month ended, she was laid off.
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