That would be allowing young adults to stay (or rejoin) their parents health plan up to age 26.
The Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit organization that analyzes health care issues, polled 1,863 adults between the ages of 19 to 25 and found 47 percent of them joined or remained on their parents’ plans between November 2010 and November 2011.
This would translate into about 13.7 million young adults in the broader population.
Of those, 6.6 million would likely not have been able to be on their parents’ plans before the law’s passage, as they were not enrolled in college full time or had already graduated. Most insurance plans already allow full-time college students to stay on their parents’ plans.
I also found this tidbit of interest…
Young adults also have the highest rate of injury-related visits to the emergency room — even above children and the elderly — and may have other health conditions such as HIV or the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Accident plans are inexpensive and provide valuable coverage. Visit our accident plan page (under Supplemental plans) to investigate further, or better yet contact us at either 877.694.5164 or 303.495.3045.