Providing for the 30-Year-Old ‘Child’

Published May 24, 2012 2:09pm ET



The Wall Street Journal reports, “Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio said he was considering introducing legislation requiring insurance companies to let consumers cover adult children on their plans up to the age of 31, charging an additional premium if necessary.” Contrary to what you might suppose, Stivers doesn’t caucus with the Democrats — which begs the question: When Republican congressmen are floating ideas like this, who needs Julia?

A great many Republicans (not just Stivers) seem to be afraid of the fact that repealing every last word of Obamacare means repealing the allegedly popular provisions requiring insurers to cover adult “children” up the age of 26 (by which point, many of these “children” will have voted in four federal elections).  But this really shouldn’t pose much of a concern — or much of a challenge — if the GOP will simply make the case on this issue.   

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