Young and Invincible? They make too much to get free health care, but they can't afford to buy it. »
Posted By bubba2 2 weeks ago in Health & FitnessIn 2008, 27 percent of Americans age 18 to 34 were without health insurance, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's compared to 18 percent of those age 35 to 50. The highest concentration of uninsured adults are those age 20 to 25, a group typically undergoing the pivotal transition from parental or university-based coverage to employment-based or private insurance.
Besides the risk of sudden illness, young adults have the highest rate of injury-related emergency department visits. When an accident happens or serious illness strikes, the uninsured and underinsured (those who have some health coverage but are not protected from high health costs) are left with medical bills they cannot pay. A 2007 study by the American Journal of Medicine reported 62 percent of all bankruptcy cases were medical-related. Even more startling, three quarters of those debtors had some kind of health insurance.
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