After the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, an estimated 13.7 million young adults between the ages of 19 and 25 stayed on or joined their parents' health plans.

That's one of the findings from a survey conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based private foundation that supports health care coverage.

The 13.7 million that stayed or joined between November 2010 and November 2011 included 6.6 million young adults who likely would not have been able to do so prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the survey showed.

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