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New Grads Struggle To Find Health Insurance

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May 26, 2009 Posted By: Trevor Wilson Category: Offers


As if New Grads don’t have enough to worry about. CNN.com has an article up called What’s A Recent College Graduate To Do About Health Insurance? which outlines some of the challenges that you may face outside of your job search.

It’s extremely frustrating to me that someone may have to turn down an offer due to the lack of benefits. But that’s exactly what happened to Lindsay Straub. She was about to accept a job offer when her Mom called…

She told Straub that come fall, she’ll get kicked off the insurance she currently has as a dependent through her mother’s employer. This new job doesn’t offer insurance, so Straub had to turn down the job.

This is such a tragedy. Especially when you consider the numbers quoted in the article:

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, nearly 80 percent of recent college graduates who are looking for jobs haven’t found one.

So many New Grads, so few jobs. Such a sad situation.

The article goes on to list some suggestions about how to handle a lack of insurance. I would council any Entry Level Job seeker to take a look at this article and get a head start on protecting themselves.

Have you had insurance issues? Leave us a comment!

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