IfI am a full-time 19 year old studentand my mother has removed me from her health insurance, can I be placed back onto her plan?
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IfI am a full-time 19 year old studentand my mother has removed me from her health insurance, can I be placed back onto her plan?
My mother has removed me without asking me, can I be placed back on without her consent since the new law on health insurance was reformed?
Asked on September 4, 2011 under Insurance Law, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, while the health care reform gives parents the *right* to keep their children on their health insurance plans for several years after the children turn 18, it does not require or obligate them to do so--no adult is forced to buy insurance for another adult. (For example: say one member of a married couple gets health insurance through his or her work; he or she is not obligated to buy insurance for his or her spouse.) You need your mother to agree to put you on her insurance. Try offering to pay her share of the added premium if you are put back on; that way, you will save money versus buying your own plan, and she won't be out of pocket anything. Good luck.
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