Dependent age now increased to 28 for insurance purposes

COLUMBUS — An estimated 20,000 additional young adults now have access to health care coverage. That’s due to a new Ohio law that allows unmarried children up to age 28 to remain or be added to their parent’s insurance coverage.

Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson urges parents to evaluate this opportunity to cover their older-age children.

The state reform will work in tandem with the federal law dependent age change that becomes effective Sept. 23. Previously, only dependents up to age 19, or up to 23 if they were still in school, were eligible to receive coverage under their parents’ policies.