HEALTH CARE REFORM: NFL PLAYERS ON PARENTS HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN

Professional football player Craig Steltz, age 24, who plays for the Chicago Bears. Steltz notes that he currently doesn't have health insurance due to the NFL players' union dispute with NFL owners. Steltz says he went on his parents plan since he is only 24, as allowed by President Obama's health care law. The story notes that the "new federal health care law allows those who are 26 years old and younger to return to their parents' health insurance." Steltz told the paper, "Out of the blue, someone reminded me that 'Man, you are 24; you can get on your parents' insurance.' ... I said, 'Man, this is awesome. I'm a professional athlete and I am getting on my parent's insurance.'"