Young adults are all too often caught up in their busy life styles and milestone events. From a new career and home to graduation it's easy to be sucked into a whirlwind forgetting about the importance of health insurance. The story of Kelly Ives is reminder enough health insurance should be a priority and taken off the back burner:
Kelly graduated in March of 2009 and employed shortly after. Health insurance through her work held a two month wait period, standard in most businesses, for the insurance to kick in. When she received the health insurance she submitted a copy of her certificate showing she still held coverage through her parent's health insurance however this was not enough. In December of 2009 Kelly was hospitalized for five days racking up thousands of dollars in medical bills. Kelly noticed the first couple of bills were paid for by her insurance, however once the larger bills started coming in it refused to pay giving reason for the two month coverage gap. Her medical bills currently total more than $10,000 and collection letters have begun to affect her credit score.
To read more about Kelly Ives' story visit the Cincinnati Press.