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Eight Health Reform Protection Provisions that Started on September 23, 2010

Submitted by Spencer Rinkus on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 16:56


  1. Insurers must allow parents to keep an adult child up to age 26 on their health plan and those young adults can't be charged more than any other dependent.
  2. Insurers can't charge co-pays or deductibles for preventive services such as breast cancer screening and cholesterol tests.
  3. Insurers must cover children up to age 19 with a preexisting medical condition.
  4. Insurers cannot cancel coverage once you get sick, a practice known as “rescission.”
  5. Consumers get direct access to physicians
  6. No additional payments can be required for out-of-network emergency room care
  7. Annual limits on coverage will be going away.
  8. No lifetime limits: All plans, even "grandfathered" plans will be prohibited from setting dollar limits on lifetime coverage


Source: Kaiser Health News, September 23, 2010. “Health Law's 8 Changes That Begin Today — And 7 Caveats.
Source URL: http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/September/23/8-...



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