- Extended coverage for young adults under their parents' plan
- Plans must offer free preventative care services
- Insurance companies are prohibited from rescinding coverage if a person becomes sick
- The ability for Americans to select between two appeal processes when challenging an insurance decision
- Elimination of lifetime caps on coverage
- Regulation of insurers' ability to set dollar limits on coverage
To read more details about these provisions, click here:
http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/overview.html
Curious about when the other provisions of the Affordable Care Act will go into effect? Click here to see a full timeline of changes that will occur:
http://www.emblemhealthreform.com/pub/ersm/tl/2010/?o=0
Sources: healthreform.gov, EmblemHealth
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