Elite students depend on public welfare for family medical care
by Lisa M. Krieger
Deciding on grad school? In addition to taking on six-figure loans, late nights and ramen dinners, would-be students now must add in another challenge: family health insurance. Increasingly, universities are dropping family health insurance programs, saying soaring costs make them a money-losing option. That's forcing more families onto government programs like Medi-Cal or Healthy Families while moms and dads earn their law degrees or doctorates.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/14/2008