UnitedHealthcare will be offering health coverage to many graduating college students earlier than the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires.
A PPACA provision will let young adults stay on their parents’ employer-sponsored or family health plans up until age 26.
The provision will not take effect until Sept. 23, but UnitedHealthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minneapolis (NYSE:UNH), will be working to eliminate the potential coverage gap, the company says.