A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their familys health insurance until age 26. But after that, those without employer-sponsored insurance face an array of complicated choices, including whether to shop on the insurance plan exchange, apply for Medicaid, or roll the dice and go uninsured.

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