If colleges and universities in North Carolina are an indication, healthcare costs for students are going to be sharply rising due to the president's Affordable Healthcare Act.
Guilford College in Greensboro is reporting that they're being forced to raise student healthcare premiums 76%. And they are just one in a long list of colleges in the state that are required to do the same.
Jonathan Robe of The Center for College Affordability and Productivity measures the impact this will have on students.
"And these aren't insignificant amounts," he says. "I think in some cases it is as much as $700 per semester, which is for some students quite a significant increase from I believe it was a little less than $500."
Robe says colleges and universities will have no choice but to raise premiums because of new government regulations requiring higher benefits for students.
"What the colleges are saying is we don't have a choice," Robe points out. "We have to follow the government regulations. And the problem with the government regulations is it is set by government determination, rather than what the students themselves actually need in terms of their healthcare coverage."
Schools will now be required to provide a minimum of $100,000 dollars in benefits and also provide preventative care with no deductibles, co-pays or co-insurance.