According to the blog, Healthcare Reform Leaves Gaps for Federally-Qualified Students, the Healthcare Reform Act should include healthcare subsidies for students who qualify for the TEACH Grant Program. The argument presented holds that since the decision has been made for these students to receive special help from the Government in exchange for their service to society they will be doing, then why not grant the students the ability to continue their hard work with the security that free or affordable health insurance would bring them.
I personally plan to become a teacher as well. I plan to do contract work in a low-income school that will repay a majority of my student loans. This opportunity to have loan repayment had much to do with my decision to return to school. Of course, these reimbursements do not begin until I finish school and begin my teaching career. At this time I will be receiving health insurance that is available to all teachers in the state of Texas. We do not expect the Government reimbursements for services to society until we are actually giving back to society, so how could we possibly expect Government Healthcare subsidies to be given in advance either.
I agree that it would be nice to have insurance while attending college, but why would these subsidies be limited to one particular category of students? We are all working hard to earn our degrees. If we are going to fight for insurance for college students wouldn't it be fair to fight for insurance for ALL college students. Until we finish school we are all doing the same thing. There is no way to judge whose degree does the most good for others. So I say if we are going to fight for insurance then let’s fight for insurance for ALL students. After all, we are the future...ALL of us.
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