obama healthcare reform

bondingofsouls

I was talking to me FMIL yesterday and the topic came up regarding health insurance. I told her we were probably going to go on student ones or be uninsured..... she told me with the new healthcare laws we could stay on our parents just as he have been.

I tried looking this up and only could find articles from May and earlier, so IMO not trustworthy with how politics change.

Is this true?

bethsmiles

Yes, I believe it is true

musicalsunlight

With my parents insurance, I am now able to stay on it until I am 26, as long as I am still student, even if I am married. Not sure if it is the same for every company but I know that is how mine changed.

LauraT25

I think you can, as PPs said.  The best thing to do is call both of your parents' health insurance companies, with their policy information, and ask.

MyWedding13

You can stay on your parent's until you are 26 regardless of if you are married or not. Yay!!

Manwaithiel

You can stay on it until your 26 regardless of student status, marital status, or tax dependency status.

God, that's going to go to hell so fast.

Storytime

My company told me that getting married would mean I was no longer elligible for insurance.  I really hope you guys are right!  I'll be looking into this!  Thanks!

Manwaithiel

Well they don't have to change their policies until a certain date. Don't know when that is, but yeah.

nurse2be2011

What Manwaithiel said. My mom called the insurance company the other day and according that company they said that I can stay on that insurance until I'm 26 even after I graduate from nursing school in May and even after I get married.

We'll see if it actally lasts!!

AbigailMS

My father works for the federal government, and what obama has passed is already a law, unless a judge finds in unconstitutional, its there. set in stone, until they appeal it or rescind it. There are certain dates that they have until to get things changed, but a majority of the insurance companies have already switched over. I'm really happy this was in the bill. I also work at a pharmacy and I see so many students who don't have insurance because it kicked them off their parents at 21 or 22, even though FASFA still uses your parents tax statements until your 24. I'm trying to go to pharmacy school and this means that I won't have to go without insurance while I'm in school. YAY!

bballgirl8789

My FI's grandma is a nurse and she said that even though we will be married, I will have graduated that we can stay on our parents insurance until we are 26, yay!!  So by the time we get married that means 3 more years for me and then FI will only have 1 year.