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.
The answer varies, according to the type of insurance. Compare car insurance quotes now. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform law, young adults up to age 26 can remain on their parents' health insurance policies if they don't have coverage through their own employers. Once you turn 26, you have to find your own health insurance. Keep in mind that under the federal health care reform's individual mandate, you'll be required to have coverage or face a tax penalty in 2014--unless the U.S. Supreme Court rules the mandate is unconstitutional.