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Commonwealth Fund
Young adults at risk: 13.7 million lack health insurance coverage
June 21st, 2008
The number of uninsured young adults in the United States rose to 13.7 million in 2006—an increase from 13.3 million in 2005—making the 19-to-29 age group one of the largest and fastest-growing segments of the population without health insurance. According to a newly updated report from The Commonwealth Fund, 38 percent of high school graduates who do not attend college and 34 percent of college graduates will spend some time uninsured in the year after graduation. According to the report, Rite of Passage' Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, working young adults are much less likely than older workers to have access to health insurance...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-21)
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