The number of young adults without health insurance is rising
OMAHA - Six years ago, Evelyn’s net Thaler tasted face against the windscreen of their Geo Prism Interstate in a collision. The accident sent her to the hospital, where they posed for a bill of $ 18000.
This winter, she burst into tears when she was taken with a bill of $ 100 influenza drugs.
The 25-year Omahan, a part-time student, is one of more than 13 million young adults who do not have health insurance at the national level.
Even though older Americans are often the focus of concern with regard to health care costs, people aged 19 and 29 are one of the highest growths groups without insurance, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund.
The number of young adults without insurance has increased by 800000, or 6 percent, from 2004 to 2006, 13.7 million beat.
Who in this age group, sometimes declining health insurance from their employer because they are young and healthy, students and auto loans, and not see it as a priority task.
Young adults can also work part-time jobs and may not be for performance. Or they work for small businesses that do not have insurance.
“This is one of the most vulnerable groups,” said Sara Collins, the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation, studies of health care.
From health, including uninsured is a major issue in the presidential race.
If a group does not have insurance, affects there on the cover, “said Keith Müller, associate dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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