New Insurance Exchanges Rules Allow Kidney Patients To Keep Private Coverage.

The Hill  (3/13, Baker) "Healthwatch" blog reported, "Newly released regulations for the healthcare law's insurance exchanges will allow certain patients [to] keep private coverage instead of joining Medicare." The new "policy drew praise Tuesday from advocates for patients with kidney disease" who "often choose private insurance over Medicare because it offers better coverage and lower costs, according to Kidney Care Partners, a coalition of advocacy groups." According to the piece, "under regulations that predate the Affordable Care Act, kidney patients who get their coverage through an employer can keep their private plan for up to 30 months before being enrolled in Medicare."