More adult children now have health insurance, thanks to amandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The PPACA requires that group health plans and insurers makedependent coverage available for children until they turn 26,regardless of tax or student status, or dependent status as itrelates to financial support. The mandate to offer coverage toadult children ages 19 to 25 took effect for policy years thatbegan on or after Sept. 23, 2010, but since January is thebeginning of the plan year for many employment-based health plans,many insurers adopted the requirements of the law before theeffective date.
The nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute examineddata from two U.S. Census Bureau surveys as well as a survey by theCenters for Disease Control.
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