State Laws Allowing Young Adults To Join Their Parents' Health Insurance Policy Until Age 26 Improved Access to Care
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 02:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents' health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those laws. This analysis indicates the potential positive impact of a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). The study appears in the March issue of the journal Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.