Kansas graduate students to lose health care subsidies : kwch

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Kansas graduate students to lose health care subsidies

Kansas graduate students to lose health care subsidies

The Kansas Board of Regents says graduate student employees at state universities will lose their health care subsidies starting next year as a result of a recent opinion by the IRS regarding health insurance.The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2cQQSeS ) reports that the IRS issued an opinion that an employing university can no longer provide a subsidy for graduate students' health insurance under the Affordable Care Act because the system's student plan is an individual plan.Regents communications director Breeze Richardson says Kansas' state universities plan to offer extra compensation to students in place of the subsidies.


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Kansas graduate students to lose health care subsidies

Kansas graduate students to lose health care subsidies

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Kansas Board of Regents says graduate student employees at state universities will lose their health care subsidies starting next year as a result of a recent opinion by the IRS regarding health insurance.The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2cQQSeS ) reports that the IRS issued an opinion that an employing university can no longer provide a subsidy for graduate students' health insurance under the Affordable Care Act because the system's student plan is an individual plan.According to the Board of Regents, about 2,250 graduate students were receiving the subsidies as of May, and more than 3,700 were eligible for the option.


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Graduate student employees will lose health care subsidies, Kansas universities say

Graduate student employees will lose health care subsidies, Kansas universities say

TOPEKA – Graduate student employees at state universities in Kansas will lose their health care subsidies starting next year, a change that is sparking concern among graduate students, and which the Kansas Board of Regents says is the result of a recent IRS opinion affecting higher education nationwide.Login Here to Read More...