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Title: Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents on a Parent's Plan After ACA Extends Coverage to Adult Children

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Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: Prior to ACA, twenty-six states required insurers to cover dependents into young adulthood, but One provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which went into effect on September 23, 2010, requires insurers who provide coverage for dependents to extend this benefit until the dependents' 26th birthda. Prior to ACA, twenty-six states required insurers to cover dependents into young adulthood, but this extension was often contingent upon the dependents college enrollment, marital status, and other factors. ACA created a uniform national policy and extended an existing federal tax benefit to parents who enrolled their adult children into their employer-based plans(see Box 1 on page 6 for details on eligibility for coverage under the ACA provision). Further, ACA requires that states provide coverage through age 25 to Medicaid recipients who turned 18 while in foster care.

Url: http://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1222&context=carsey

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Authors: Staley, Michael J.; Carson, Jessica A.

Publisher: Casey School of Public Policy

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Health, Other

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