FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202.734.6510 Latest CBO Score Confirms What We Already Know: AHCA Hurts Young Americans Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that the AHCA will result in fewer people insured, market...
By Tom Allison, Deputy Director of Policy and Research Despite media narratives that young adults would benefit from lower costs under the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the legislation would actually cost billions for this age group. While the bill...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202.734.6510 House Republicans Vote to Endanger the Health of Young America In response to today’s House vote to push forward the American Health Care Act, Young Invincibles released the following...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 3, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202.734.6510 Upton Amendment Does Not Protect People with Pre-Existing Conditions [WASHINGTON]–A new amendment from Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) was announced today. Rep. Upton’s amendment would add a measly $8 billion to an...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2017 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214-223-2913 [Washington, D.C.] — Today, Young Invincibles released a new report analyzing health care coverage for Millennials, underscoring how detrimental the latest version of the American Health Care Act would...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, Sarah.Schultz@YoungInvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 Today, it was made public that Congressman MacArthur plans to introduce an amendment to the American Health Care Act, which the Administration and members of the House have suggested...
Last night, House leadership decided to delay a vote on the American Health Care Act, which would repeal the Affordable Care Act. This proposal is projected to result in an additional 24 million people being uninsured. Below, Mina Schultz from West...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, Sarah.Schultz@YoungInvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 This afternoon, House Leadership pulled the American Health Care Act from a vote after conceding that the legislation did not have support to move forward. In response, Jen Mishory,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, Sarah.Schultz@YoungInvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 Yesterday afternoon, Congressman Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin introduced an amendment to the AHCA, which would eliminate young adults’ ability to stay on a parent’s plan until age 26. Today...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, New Analysis Finds Up to One in Three Young Adults Could Get Hit by Continuous Coverage Penalty Young Adults are About 70 Percent More Likely to Trigger Penalty Than Older Adults...