Your Rights Under the New Healthcare Law

This week Healthcare.gov highlighted some of the different benefits you and your family may be eligible for under the new law:

•Most young adults can stay on their parent’s family plan until they turn 26. It doesn’t matter whether you’re married, living with your parents, in school, or financially independent.

•Most health plans cannot deny coverage to children under age 19 because of pre-existing conditions like cancer or cerebral palsy.

•If you have been uninsured because of a pre-existing condition, you may be eligible to join the more than 12,000 Americans insured through the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan.

•If you are in a new insurance plan, insurance companies cannot charge you a deductible or copays for recommended preventive services, like mammograms, flu shots and other immunizations.

•Insurance companies are prohibited from capping the dollar amount of care you can receive in a lifetime, or canceling your coverage due to a mistake on your application when you get sick.
Visit www.healthcare.gov to learn more about specific benefits for small business owners, women and seniors.

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