TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

The Democrats’ healthcare reform may mean colleges can’t offer affordable health insurance plans to students:

Colleges and universities say that some rules in the new health law could keep them from offering low-cost, limited-benefit student insurance policies, and they’re seeking federal authority to continue offering them.

Their request drew immediate fire from critics, however, who say that student health plans should be held to the same standards that other insurance is.

I guess this is what Nancy Pelosi meant when she said they have to pass the bill so we can see what’s in it.

Megan McArdle comments:

Now they’re in an awkward position. Do they change the law to offer students less generous coverage? That’s not going to sound good. Do they leave it, forcing universities to either end coverage entirely, or make it much more expensive? Cue angry students demonstrating about the cost of their health care policies.