Some of our students are in trouble.  They have massive health care bills pilling up and some just don’t have the means to afford to pay for those bills.  One student even came up to me and said she would not pay for her medical bills because she could not afford it whereas another student asked what would happen if she did not pay her bills.  All of this information transitioned us into our next area of focus: health care.

Students spent a good deal of time in class learning the difference between Medicare and Medicaid.  This conversation led to many other conversations around health care, especially about health care coverage for those less wealthy.  We then discussed current health care laws in this country, broaching the topic of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the newer American Health Care Act.  We wanted to figure out what health care coverage looked like for millions of Americans and why.

Certainly feel free to discuss with your child at any point about the fairness and responsibility of others as it relates to health care in our country.  Get those conversations started.