The Affordable Care Act Does What It Says It Does: More Under 26-Year-Old Adults Are Insured on Their Parents' Health Plans

The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers to cover the children of their insureds up to age 26. Before this mandate, many insurers cut kids off when they became adults or after they left full-time education. You'd expect the new provision to make a difference. After all, it requires coverage for people whom insurers did not have to cover before. (Its effect on rates is unknown, but I'd guess the new provision has had at least some upward effect on rates.) As it turns out, because young adults are having all sorts of problems finding work (and work that offers health insurance), this provision has made a big difference. Read about that here. For information on how the up-to-age-26 provision works, go to this website.

Comments

[Moncler Jacken]

Ban on women driving should be considered world wide... :-) I would never allow my wife driving my car.. :-)

[Brian]

Good point, Dean.

[Dean Farris]

The requirement is a money maker for insurance companies. When the economy returns to normal these young adults will be able to buy health insurance policies for themselves, but can't do it now.
A much better and more economical solution for all parents and young adults is Alan Grayson's HR 4789. It allows any adult of any age to buy into medicare at cost. No discriminatory age limits or coercion of any kind.
It is not too late for democrats in the house and senate to introduce it.