Reply #12: Can someone here please answer a question about this bill? [View All]

[Iowa]

This will affect my child, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Regarding young adults remaining on their parents' health insurance policy... some web-sites are saying they can remain on the policy until their 27th birthday (like these two):

http://www.headcount.org/blog/?p=4608
http://tinyurl.com/y8eruya

Other sites are saying until age 26 (like these two):

http://tinyurl.com/yh6cn97
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1914020220100319

Which is it? And why is there so much conflicting information on this provision? Is it because there are different ages in the Senate bill (signed into law Tuesday) and the bill of "fixes" this thread is about? I can't seem to find an explanation anywhere. Thanks.