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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Health Action Network

Health Care Reform WellPoint to Cover Young Adults Before the Law Requires: WellPoint, along with several other health insurance companies, announced on Monday that its affiliated health plans will take steps to prevent a gap in coverage that could leave many young Americans uninsured. WellPoint, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, and Aetna said they will initiate a provision of the new health care law ahead of schedule. The new health care law will extend the dependent age for coverage to 26 for plan years beginning September 23, 2010. As a proactive measure to assist its members, beginning on June 1, WellPoint's affiliated health plans will allow young adults to remain on their parents' policies even before this health care reform provision takes effect.
Coverage Gap for Members of Congress Resolved: White House officials announced this week that a problem with particular language in the new health care reform law has been resolved, closing the coverage gap for members of Congress and their staff. Lawmakers and staff had expressed concern that they would be forced out of their current health care coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program prior to the creation of state-run exchanges in 2014.

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