By Adriana Zyskowski Last month, my friend got really sick. While she plans on enrolling in health care this fall, she’s currently uninsured, so she went to a community health center. Although a little skeptical at first, she soon realized...
Guest Blog by Aileen Connolly Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, over 435,000 young adults in California now have health care coverage because they can stay on their parents’ health care plan until the age of 26. As a result,...
By Christina Postolowski In less than 100 days, people will be able to buy insurance on a new, online Health Insurance Marketplace. Nationwide, approximately 1 in 4 young women ages 18 to 34 are uninsured. When the Marketplace opens for...
July 25, 2013 in Ledger Inquirer; cross-posted on July 26, 2013 in Bradenton Herald by Tony Pugh WASHINGTON — Amid a resurgent effort by critics to attack the new health care law, the Obama administration and its allies are focusing on...
July 18, 2013 in The Atlantic by Garance Franke-Ruta Only half the nation’s governors have signed onto the Medicaid expansionunder the Affordable Care Act and the bill’s employer mandate has been delayed for a year, but the White House remains confident about...
July 17, 2013 in The Washington Post; re-posted July 19, 2013 in Bangor Daily News by Ezra Klein and Sarah Kliff Deep inside the White House, in a bare room that the chief of staff uses for meetings, David Simas...
By Tom Allison In just three months, the first state health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act will open, and millions of uninsured Americans will have the opportunity to purchase more comprehensive, more affordable coverage, often with the...
In the recent blockbuster movie Iron Man 3, Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), a self-described “Genius Billionaire Playboy Philanthropist” who fights bad guys with the help of his flying suit of armor. Tony Stark comes off...
Thanks to the health care reform law, millions of young adults are now getting access to needed mental health and substance abuse services. An estimated three to six million young adults have gained access to health insurance coverage thanks to...
By Ariel Boone Since our last update, Young Invincibles has been realizing its dreams of westward expansion. California’s team has grown to a staff of eight, now including the California Policy and Research Director, Linda Leu, and me. Three weeks...