Since the implementation of Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas this past summer, more than 8,400 people ages 30-49 have already lost their Medicaid coverage. Thousands more young adults stand to lose coverage now, as these requirements have just taken effect...
The Students Learn Students Vote Coalition (SLSV) convenes over 363 organizations from across the country to design and advance a shared agenda around student voting and political learning in higher education. Founded in February 2016, the coalition has established a...
Medicaid work requirements threaten to deepen existing health care disparities in a number of ways. For example, people of color – including young adults – already experience poorer health care access and lower quality care than white Americans. In Kentucky,...
Medicaid work requirements are a bad deal all around – putting health care access at risk for millions of young adults. And while the impact of Medicaid work requirements would be devastating for low-income young adults across the country, they...
Imagine: You’re a student in Arkansas and you work in a service job that’s a good fit for you, but your hours are unpredictable. You rely on Medicaid for your health coverage. When you’re not at work, you balance family...
“There are a lot of well-intentioned, thoughtful efforts to improve college search. It’s not clear that different interests are aware of and learning from each other’s work.” (Participant attribution) This sentiment rang strongly at Young Invincibles’ Transforming College Search convening...
Key findings Young adults are nearly twice as likely to be impacted by policies that take coverage away from people who don’t meet a work requirement as all Medicaid enrollees; over 40,000 young Kentuckians could lose coverage Policies that take...
Young adults may not be the first people that come to mind when talking about Medicaid, the government health program that provides health coverage to folks living at or near the poverty line. That’s a problem, because what most people...
By the time we get to Election Day, it’s too late to change any unfair and burdensome voting rules, but by planning ahead, you can play an important role to ensure the rules are clearly explained and accurately applied in...
There’s a certain kind of energy in the air when fall comes around, especially if you’re a high school senior. It was an exciting time for me as I can imagine it is for you– the prospect of freedom, the...