Health Care Reform Law Delivers Needed Medical Care for Young Adults
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Census Numbers Show Significant Drop in Uninsurance Rates of Young Americans
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Back to School? Get Covered!
Read MoreBy Brian Burrell Summer is over and it’s time to go back to school. With everything on your back to school checklist, don’t forget to think about health care. Although the trend has decreased since changes to dependent coverage, 23 percent of young adults...
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2.5 Million More Young Adults Now Insured Because of the Affordable Care Act
Read More[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data illustrating that approximately 2.5 million young adults have gained health insurance since the dependent coverage expansion up to...
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Young Invincibles Comments on Implementation of Premium Tax Credits Offered Through the Exchanges
Read MoreOctober 31, 2011 Dear Secretary Geithner: As a leading youth advocacy organization, Young Invincibles appreciates the opportunity to comment on the implementation of premium tax credits offered through health insurance exchanges. Young adults typically have low incomes and high uninsurance...
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Press Release: One Million More Young Adults Now Insured Because of Affordable Care Act
Read More[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that approximately 1 million young adults have gained health insurance in the past year, since the dependent coverage expansion up to age 26 took effect. Click here...
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I Wish ACA Had Been Law When I Was a Student
Read MoreOriginally posted on MomsRising.org on March 24, 2011 Now that I am the mother of two children, sons aged 2 ½ and 11 months, I am grateful for a law like the Affordable Care Act. When I was 21, I...
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Letter to Republican Leadership Regarding Dependent Coverage and the ‘Pledge to America’ and accompanying press release.
Read MoreLetter to Republican Leadership Regarding Dependent Coverage and the ‘Pledge to America’ and accompanying press release. Click on this link to learn more:
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Comments on Interim Final Regulations for Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26
Read MoreDear Ms. Turner and Ms. Baum: As leading youth, public health, grassroots, patient, and consumer rights advocates, we appreciate the opportunity to comment on the interim final regulations for the extension of dependent coverage included in health care reform. Overall, we are...
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Senators Urge Group to Implement Provision to Cover Those Up To Age 26 As Soon As Possible
Read MoreSeveral Senators sent a letter to the Business Roundtable urging its members to allow young adults up to age 26 to join their parents’ plans as soon as possible. Young Invincibles applauds the Senators’ efforts to improve health coverage for...