Youth without health insurance

07/12/2020

01/02/2019

How the Affordable Care Act Has Affected Health Coverage for Young Men with Higher Incomes.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lowered premiums in the nongroup market for older, sicker people but raised them for younger, healthier ones — especially young men with higher incomes ineligible for premium subsidies. People whose premiums fell because of the ACA’s rating rules were slightly more ...

12/17/2018

The Medically Uninsured

Medically Uninsured - Gateway to Health Communication - CDC

12/17/2018

https://www.clasp.org/blog/advancing-youth-enrollment-act-would-help-57-million-uninsured-young-adults-gain-coverage

A new bicameral bill would help more than 4 million young adults (ages 18 to 34) access affordable health care.

09/30/2018

https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/toolstemplates/entertainmented/tips/MedicallyUninsured.html

Medically Uninsured - Gateway to Health Communication - CDC

01/16/2018

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/01/15/hospitals-doctors-brace-for-loss-of-childrens-health-funds/

More than 20 states face Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding shortfalls if Congress doesn’t act this month to fund the coverage for 9 million kids, a Georgetown University report shows.

01/14/2018

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/2000/may/12-million-young-adults-lack-health-insurance--double-the-rate-for-older-americans

03/10/2017

This is a call to action. We need to consider our young adults over the age of 26 who go without health insurance, after they are no longer covered under their parents coverage.

03/10/2017

http://www.gallup.com/poll/190484/uninsured-rate-lowest-eight-year-trend.aspx

In the first quarter of 2016, the uninsured rate among U.S. adults averaged 11.0%, down from 11.9% in the fourth quarter of 2015. This marks a new low in Gallup and Healthways' eight-year trend.