A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their family’s health insurance until age 26. But after that, those without employer-sponsored insurance face a series of complicated decisions, including whether to shop on the insurance marketplace, apply for Medicaid or take a chance and go uninsured.
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