New US law helps ill students keep health coverage: "New US law helps ill students keep health coverage
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's determination to keep her health insurance while fighting cancer is now in effect across the country.
Michelle's Law is named for Michelle Morse, who attended college full-time in order to keep her insurance before she died of colon cancer in 2005 at the age of 22.
The federal law allows college students to take up to a year off school for medical reasons and remain on their family's health insurance plan. It was sponsored by Rep. Paul Hodes, who joined Morse's mother at a news conference Friday, the day the law took effect.
Morse's mother, AnnMarie Morse, pushed hard for state and federal legislation after her daughter's death. She called it a bittersweet day and said she will continue to fight for health care reform."
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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This is so sad. She struggled on her death bed to attend school full time so that she could have health insurance. School itself is a stress. She should have been able to rest. Who knows, maybe she would have lived a little longer. I'm glad her mother is continuing to fight for the law.
ReplyDeleteThis story definitely had an effect on me, specifically because the girl died at such a young age. It's so sad that it is such a fight to have something we deserve-healthcare, regardless of our health condition. Hopefully, this will serve as precedent for fighting the health care companies against gaining coverage regardless of any pre-existing conditions, which many americans have issues with.
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