Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to university presidents and student associations, urging them to spread the word: “The new health care law makes it possible for young adults under age 26 to remain on their parents’ health care plan if the policy covers dependent children.”
Duncan and Sebelius are using the reminder to plug Obamacare, whose fate now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Their letter notes that because of Obamacare, graduating students are now “free to make career choices based on what they want to do, not where they can get health insurance. That is why we are encouraging you to ensure that your graduating students are aware of this new option to get health care coverage.”
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