CRANFORD, N.J.(CBSNewYork) It was a health care shocker for college students in New Jersey who found out that they cant buy low-cost health insurance at their schools because of the Affordable Care Act. <\/p>\n
Now, they are at the risk of being without insurance, CBS 2s Christine Sloan reported. <\/p>\n
Alex McTaggert is majoring in Computer Science but even he is having trouble signing up for health insurance on the Federal website. <\/p>\n
It said, info you entered is not valid so I have to call this number, McTaggart said. <\/p>\n
For Carolina Mendonca it was easier to put together a creative Halloween costume than it was to call the number on the website. <\/p>\n
I got no answer so I left it for another day and the other day never came and I went to the dentist yesterday and I have to pay $2,000 out-of-pocket, she said. <\/p>\n
Many students have found themselves in health care limbo this semester. Community colleges in New Jersey used to offer cheap health insurance for hundreds of dollars a year but they had to drop the practice because Federal Law prohibits the sale of bare bones policies. <\/p>\n
Under the Affordable Care Act it would have cost more to run the program and the cost would have been passed on to students. <\/p>\n
More than a thousand dollars per student and that is dramatically different, said Union County Community College, Vice President of Administrative Services, Stephen Nacco said. <\/p>\n
Students like Carlos Arias depended on the low-cost health care. <\/p>\n
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