In North Carolina, student insurance costs rise under Obamacare
CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) – President Obama’s health care reform law, which expands preventative care and lets young people remain on their parents’ health insurance plans well into their 20s, is a central part of his election year pitch to college students.
And perhaps nowhere are students more critical to the president’s re-election chances than in North Carolina, a state jam-packed with colleges and universities that were blitzed by Obama campaign organizers in 2008.
But as the president fights to keep the conservative-leaning state in his column this November, education officials here are complicating his campaign message by citing “Obamacare” as a reason for the rising cost of student health insurance plans on campuses from Asheville to Wilmington.