States Redefine Family Health Policies

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Health

Network engineer and part-time student, Thomas Mahoney, 21, of Dublin, Ga. poses by the main network controller at Hillcrest Elementary in Dublin, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2007. Mahoney, who suffers from epileptic seizures, lost his insurance when he turned 19, no longer eligible for coverage under his father's policy because he wasn't a full-time student. He is just one of more than 13 million people between the ages of 19 to 29 without health coverage. (AP Photo/Jenna Findlan)

(AP) -- Thomas Mahoney came out of a seizure last December surrounded by paramedics ready to take him to the hospital by ambulance. Mindful of the cost, he asked his mom and girlfriend to drive him instead, slipping in and out of consciousness along the way.

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