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Q&A: Can I Be Denied Coverage For My Daughter Who Is Returning To College?

The health law allows parents to enroll their adult children in their insurance plan until they are 26 years old, but, Michelle Andrews says, if you have an individual plan, and not a family individual one, the distinction might allow your insurer to deny coverage to your child.

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