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Health care workers must start adapting to system changes
Jeremy Faulkner | April 29Even by the admission of its drafters, the new health insurance reform law is complex, but two members of UNM’s health and medical community are here to explain it. Beverly Kloeppel, director of UNM’s Student Health and Counseling, and Nancy Ridenour, dean of the College of Nursing, agree that the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a significant impact on young adults. The most immediate impact will be on young adults, who now have the ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance until the age of 26, Kloeppel said. People aged 19-29 make up one-third of the uninsured population in the United States, Kloeppel said.
