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New Jersey Extends Age Gap for Children on Parents’ Coverage
July 8, 2008 2:40 PM PT
Since the enactment of New Jersey’s original law, other states also have bumped up—generally to age 25 or 26—the maximum age employees’ older dependent children can retain coverage through their parents’ group plans. >>
 

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