Want a Date? Get Health Insurance

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If health insurance needed another selling point, CBS MoneyWatch.com reports that 93 percent of recent college graduates and 90 percent of college students think a potential mate is more attractive if they have health insurance coverage.

Other findings from the survey by Kelton Research:

  • 49 percent of college students and 43 percent of recent grads who lack insurance would be reluctant to ride a motorcycle because of the risk they could get hurt and not be covered.
  • 53 percent of the recent grads said they would be reluctant to start a family without health coverage.
  • 68 percent of recent grads and 64 prcent of students said they would forego eating out one night night a week to pay for health insurance.