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College Grads' Parting Homework: Pick Health Insurance

NPR Health Blog

May 3, 2011

If students have been covered by the college health plan and want to get onto their parents' insurance plan, they have 30 days from the date their student coverage ends to do so. Miss that window, and they may be left out until the plan's next annual enrollment period, usually at the beginning of the new year.

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