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Health Insurance for College Students

by Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Jun 4, 2018 2 minutes

[Question]My son is about to graduate from high school and will be living at home until he moves away in late summer for college. Can he just stay on my health insurance policy when he's in college?

[Answer]Health insurers that provide dependent coverage must continue to cover adult children until they turn age 26.

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