Hepatitis C spreads when the blood from a person infected with hepatitis C virus gets into your body. This can happen in many ways with different degrees of risk. While every possibility of exposure isn't listed, here are seven of the most common ways hepatitis C is known to spread from person to person.
1 While most plans include dependent coverage, it is not required. 2  Any eligible child can remain covered until age 26, even if the child is living away from home, is not a student or is working. 3  As long as the adult child is under age 26 and a child of the participant, the health plan must offer coverage. The only limited exception is that grandfathered plans can exclude coverage for adult children until 2014 if the adult children are eligible to enroll in an employer-sponsored plan other than the plan of either parent. 2  The law does not require plans to cover adult childrenâs spouses or children in a COBRA status.
Retiree health insurance and coverage under COBRA, the law that allows a temporary extension of employer benefits, donât count. So if you donât sign up for Medicare Part A and Part B at age 65, you could have coverage gaps and face the lifetime penalty. Medicare rules for federal employees who are 65 and older and still working are the same as they are for employees still working for other large employers.