Thursday, January 20, 2011  Some Savings  Trying to sell their
health care "reform" plan, President Obama and the Democrats
touted various benefits to consumers. Among them: the option of
letting families continue coverage on young adults until the age
of 26.  Perhaps I'm just uninformed, but that provision struck
me as a solution in search of a problem. Once upon a time,
"children" became responsible for their own health care once
they reached adulthood. I remember a conversation with my
father, shortly after graduation from college. It was short and
to the point; having finished my education and landed a job, I
was being dropped from the family's health care plan, effective
at the end of the month. As of that date, I was on my own.  In
hindsight, there was nothing cruel or unfair about my father's
actions. Why should he continue health coverage on an adult son
who was gainfully employed and living on his own? Of course, I
was working at a small market radio station which didn't offer
health care to its empl