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April 22, 2010
UnitedHealth begins extending dependent coverage until age 26 today.
The Wall Street Journal (4/19, Johnson) reports that starting today, UnitedHealth Group, Inc. intends to begin allowing graduating college seniors to remain on their parents' health insurance plans, a move which puts the insurer ahead in terms of complying with a health reform provision that will take effect in September.
This change is expected to affect about 150,000 graduating students for whom UnitedHealth provides employer-sponsored coverage. Notably, UnitedHealth said that it already allows dependent coverage until age 26 for its private insurance plans. The Journal says that this change indicates that UnitedHealth is taking swift action to implement the new healthcare law.
Posted by admin at April 22, 2010 06:51 PM