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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#0072c6 size=3><BR><STRONG>Rules on Coverage for Children Clarified</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury have jointly published regulations on the Affordable Care Act's provision requiring group health plans that provide dependent coverage for children to continue to make such coverage available for adult children until they turn 26. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A new issue of Segal's e-publication <EM>Health Care Reform Insights</EM> discusses the age-26 mandate in light of the recent regulations that clarify coverage for children.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Segal can help plan sponsors:</FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Explore when to comply with the age-26 mandate, including whether the plan should implement any changes before the effective date</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Discuss whether and how to change their dependent eligibility requirements</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Determine whether the plan should change its general contribution strategy for dependent coverage in ways permitted by the regulations</FONT><BR></LI></UL>
<P align=right><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><IMG height=9 alt="" src="cid:DNXBDUGPZNIB.bullet.gif" width=8 border=0> <A style="COLOR: #0072c6" href="http://www.segalco.com/publications-and-resources/public-sector-publications/health-care-reform-insights/?id=1475">Read this issue of <EM>Health Care Reform Insights</EM></A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#0072c6 size=3><STRONG><BR>Latest Updates on Health Care Reform</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight has posted a draft of the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program application with instructions on its website. Also, the eligibility window for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act premium assistance subsidy has now expired.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>The latest issue of Segal's <EM>Stat! Health Reform Weekly</EM> discusses these and other recent items concerning the new health care reform law.</FONT></P>
<P align=right><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><IMG height=9 alt="" src="cid:DNXBDUGPZNIB.bullet.gif" width=8 border=0> <A style="COLOR: #0072c6" href="http://www.segalco.com/publications-and-resources/stat">Read this issue of <EM>Stat! Health Reform Weekly</EM></A></FONT></P>
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<P><BR><STRONG><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#0072c6 size=2>Recent Segal Publications</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A style="COLOR: #0072c6" href="http://www.segalco.com/publications-and-resources/public-sector-publications/capital-checkup/archives/?id=1469">6/4/10 <EM>Capital Checkup</EM>, "2011 Minimums and Maximums for Health Savings Accounts Plans and High-Deductible Health Plans Unchanged from 2010"</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A style="COLOR: #0072c6" href="http://www.segalco.com/publications-and-resources/public-sector-publications/health-care-reform-insights/?id=1450">May 2010 <EM>Health Care Reform Insights</EM>, "Retiree Reinsurance Program: Implementation Details"</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A style="COLOR: #0072c6" href="http://www.segalco.com/publications-and-resources/public-sector-publications/bulletins/?id=1453">May 2010 <EM>Bulletin</EM>, "Regulations on Group Health Plan Coverage of Adult Children Released"</A></FONT></P>
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