Across the nation, millions of college graduates lost their college health coverage sometime during the summer. Now, as these millennials await the onset of coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they and others are turning to short-term health plans to fill the gap.
An eHealth survey of purchasers of short-term health coverage confirms that an uptick in short-term product sales may just be a blip as many more uninsured individuals try to buy coverage until their state insurance exchange takes them on.
Among the survey's findings from 261 online responses: 52 percent bought a short-term plans "because they expect to enroll in another form of coverage within one year."
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