A Maryland state senator is taking insurance companies to task for their opposition to a bill raising the dependent age of adult children, saying companies need to get more actively involved in decreasing the number of uninsured state residents.

Only a few months old, Pennsylvania insurers are saying it is too soon to gauge the impact of raising the adult dependent age to 30 for coverage on employer-based health plans.

Maryland is poised to join 30 other states in extending dependent coverage to cover adult children under their parents’ health plans, a move one state delegate, who is also a health insurance agent, calls “a no-brainer.”

Joining states including Pennsylvania and New York, Wisconsin has expanded health insurance coverage to young adults through their parents plans.

Young adults will be able to be covered under their parents’ health insurance until age 26, according to health care reform provisions proposed Tuesday (Oct. 13) by House Democrats, including Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen.

President Obama “fired up” a largely student audience at the University of Maryland Comcast Center Thursday, trying to induce them to support his embattled health care reform plan.

New York Gov. David A. Paterson has signed into law a series of health reform efforts, including extending coverage to those who have lost their jobs and increasing the age …  Read →

With the four strokes of his pen, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took action on four health care reforms in the state, including the expansion of COBRA health and increasing the …  Read →

New York Gov. David Paterson has unveiled legislation to reform health care in the state, including a bill requiring health insurers to get approval from the superintendent of insurance before …  Read →

A bill extending health insurance coverage to adult dependent children up to age 30 is on its way to the desk of Gov. Ed Rendell for his signature.

Jake Corman

Senate …  Read →