If you’ve been a young adult recently (or currently are), you are probably not surprised that 30% of the uninsured are young adults, working adults who are not offered insurance through their employers.
From Healthcare reform’s biggest fans: young adults:
Adults 18 to 29 are the group most supportive of President Obama’s plan to overhaul healthcare, according to a recent poll by SurveyUSA. They are also the age group that most supports creating a government-run health insurance option.
Young people account for 30% of the uninsured population, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a health policy research foundation. They are least likely to be offered health insurance through employment benefits — just 53% of working young adults are eligible for employer-based coverage. And since their incomes tend to be low, buying coverage on their own is usually too expensive.
Experts disagree as to whether healthcare reform will help young adults. Though frankly, if you’re allowed to stay on your parents healthcare until an older age, and allowed to have a government plan, if you are poor or almost poor, I don’t see how this can hurt.
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