Health Care Law Not Working As Advertised for Some Families
- Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - CNSNews.com
- Apr 27, 2010
Washington (AP) - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was supposed to take care of a major worry for parents of 20-year-olds making the transition to work: keeping the kids insured.
But what sounds like a simple solution -- starting this year, letting young adults stay on their parents' health plan until they turn 26 -- involves a surprising amount of fine print.
As a consequence, some families may have to wait until 2011 to get their kids covered, particularly if the parents are working for a large employer, benefits experts and government officials say.
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