Category Archives: Student Health Insurance

Innovations in Insurance Marketing

June 10, 2011 – 9:39 pm

Congratulations to eHealth (disclosure – eHealth is a business partner of Next Generation Insurance Group) for taking an innovative approach to educating young adults regarding the importance of taking responsibility for their health insurance options. eHealth has created “crowd-sourced” videos that can be found at YouTube page, and all center on the theme of individual responsibility [...]

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College Health Insurance Reviewed by the Wall Street Journal

September 26, 2010 – 8:56 pm

The September 26th edition of the Wall Street Journal published an article titled How College Health Plans Are Failing Students. The article written by Jessical Silver-Greenberg and Mary Pilon, is comprehensive in its discussion of the limits of many school sponsored student health plans. However, it failed to address just how few affordable choices students have if the school [...]

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College Parents – Get Health Care Power of Attorney in Place

September 24, 2010 – 8:50 pm

This is a great article from a Boston Globe blog post – read below for a summary. “If you have recently sent a son or daughter off to college, it is critically important that you have a signed Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA) in place. This document is important because once your child turns [...]

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NPR’s Big 5 Health Issues Facing Students – Supports Need for Tuition Insurance

September 5, 2010 – 7:23 pm

National Public Radio created a fantastic summary of the Big 5 Issues facing students on campus. NGI’s GradGuard recognizes that these health issues are also real potential risks that may interrupt an academic semester and also lead to a medical withdrawal.  These “Big 5″ reminders by NPR are another independent source recognizing the risks to the investment college [...]

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With College Back In Session, Parents and Students Should Take an Insurance Inventory to Ensure Their Educational Investment Is Protected

September 2, 2010 – 6:49 pm

NGI aims for its services to be educational. As a result, GradGuard recently suggested that college parents and students take an inventory of the insurance that may help them reduce the harm that results from real risks surrounding college life. Although, people often think of insurance as most important to someone at midlife, with a [...]

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Back to School: Health Insurance Options for College Students in a Post-Reform World

August 18, 2010 – 10:13 pm

NGI’s marketing partner – eHealth – released this comprehensive media alert that contains some excellent insights into health insurance options for college students.   An abbreviated version appears below. “eHealthInsurance (NASDAQ: EHTH), the leading online source of health insurance for individuals and families, today released a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help new and [...]

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Packing for College – 3 More Items Not to Forget

August 15, 2010 – 10:10 pm

This article by the Wall Street Journal was excellent, but it missed a few items that you should also pack for college. Please read the entire article here – WSJ.com – Packing for College, 2010 Style. The article contains great advice, but our favorite was the following quote: “Protect stuff. Typically, your homeowner’s insurance will cover what is in [...]

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A Lesson in Health Insurance for College Students

August 10, 2010 – 9:58 pm

Next Generation Insurance Group believes in the value of education and works to make sure that each of its consumer sites offer insights into the products we offer. It is hard for most news stories to do an adequate job of describing the nuances surrounding insurance and ways to mitigate risk, but sometimes reporters do [...]

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The Most Likely to Go Without Health Insurance? The Next Generation.

November 25, 2009 – 9:17 pm

Last Wednesday, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group published a report that found Americans aged 18 to 24 are the most likely demographic to lack health insurance. Of that group, 29 percent are uninsured, compared to the 17 percent of older adults who go without health insurance. Within the report, a 2006 Government Accountability Office [...]

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Sizing Up Campus Health Care – WSJ Article

November 6, 2009 – 9:12 pm

The attached article from November 5th, 2009′s Wall Street Journal highlights an important topic for families evaluating both insurance and college options. The article wisely points out that “For most people, health-coverage details won’t play a significant role in where students decide to attend school. But as campus visits heat up in coming months ahead of application [...]

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