Last week, Young Invincibles co-hosted the Millennial Outreach and Engagement Summit in partnership with the White House. The event focused on best practices for enrolling young people successfully in health care coverage, and outlined strategies to address barriers to care....
Fear of the doctor is the least of many Millennials’ problems. Preventative care can be a challenge, especially if you live in a state without inclusive or expanded health care, or you simply have trouble navigating a complex system. This...
By: Brittany Claybrooks Thursday, June 25, 2015, was one for the books. Not only was it the day the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits, which make health insurance more affordable, were upheld by the Supreme Court, but it was also...
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Contact: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org, 585-746-8281 [Tallahassee] — On Tuesday, June 2, health advocates and Millennials falling in Florida’s coverage gap will be delivering petitions urging the house to come to an agreement on Medicaid expansion during next...
By Ann Doss Helms “Young adults make up almost half the low-income North Carolinians who don’t qualify for Medicaid or health insurance subsidies, advocates said in a report released Friday. About 258,000 18- to 34-year-olds fall into the coverage gap, said...
Young Invincibles’ Digital Strategy Manager Jessica Adair writes for The Blog on Huffington Post about the toll Florida’s decision to reject federal funding to close the Medicaid coverage gap is taking on young adults across the state: “In the middle of the night, Genesis...
By Pam Huff “A new report shows that 330,000 Floridians between the ages of 18 and 34 do not have health insurance.The report by a group known as the “Young Invincibles,” a national nonprofit, says most of these uninsured young...
By Daniel Chang “An estimated 330,000 Floridians between the ages of 18 and 34 are uninsured and likely to remain so unless state legislators accept the federal government’s offer to fund the cost of expanding the eligibility criteria for Medicaid...
Young Invincibles’ Communications Fellow Eric VanDreason discusses the disparities left in States failing to expand Medicaid to the 4.8 million people who fall into the coverage gap: “At 29 years-old, Rashid Fullah of Arlington, VA is very focused on his...
By Scott Powers “As the Florida Legislature organized Tuesday for the 2015 lawmaking session so too did health care advocates who want to convince the Legislature to expand Medicaid and provide health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of Floridians...