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At Least 600,000 Young Adults Join Parents’ Health Plans Under New Law | According to Kaiser Health News, at least 600,000 young adults have been able to get health insurance thanks to a provision of President Obama’s health care reform law that allows people under 26 to remain on their parents’ health plans. The Health and Human Services Department had estimated that 1.2 million young adults would sign up for coverage under that provision this year, but early numbers show that the total could be much higher. Insurers report adding tens of thousands of young adults, who account for a large portion of their total enrollment growth. Jonathan Cohn at the New Republic uses yesterday’s Census numbers to graph how this provision has increased coverage rates:
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