Obamacare lowers uninsured rates for the young

[Beet]

The percentage of 18- to 25-year-old Americans who do not have health insurance has leveled off at the 24% range, after declining from about 28% after the healthcare law provision allowing adults up to age 26 to stay on a parent's plan took effect.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/153737/Uninsured-Rate-Year-Olds-Plateaus.aspx

Not a huge shift, but already noticeable.

[Lief 🗽]

Who are these 65-year-olds answering "no"?

[opebo]

Who are these 65-year-olds answering "no"?

Expatriate american citizens who never worked enough in the US to be eligible for Social Security/Medicare, and have had to return to the Bad Place in their dotage to die in ignominy and misery. 

[memphis]

Who are these 65-year-olds answering "no"?

Expatriate american citizens who never worked enough in the US to be eligible for Social Security/Medicare, and have had to return to the Bad Place in their dotage to die in ignominy and misery. 

More likely, they're just people who either misunderstood the question or deliberatly misled the pollster. Inquiry is not without its flaws.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Who are these 65-year-olds answering "no"?

Expatriate american citizens who never worked enough in the US to be eligible for Social Security/Medicare, and have had to return to the Bad Place in their dotage to die in ignominy and misery. 

Looking ahead to your future?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Who are these 65-year-olds answering "no"?

Expatriate american citizens who never worked enough in the US to be eligible for Social Security/Medicare, and have had to return to the Bad Place in their dotage to die in ignominy and misery. 

More likely, they're just people who either misunderstood the question or deliberatly misled the pollster. Inquiry is not without its flaws.

Medicare is not without it's flaws either. Some people aren't eligible (at least not for free).

Didn't Obama say everyone under 25 would be covered if their parent's had insurance?  Why is the decline in the uninsured so small?

[King]

Who are these 65-year-olds answering "no"?

Expatriate american citizens who never worked enough in the US to be eligible for Social Security/Medicare, and have had to return to the Bad Place in their dotage to die in ignominy and misery. 

More likely, they're just people who either misunderstood the question or deliberatly misled the pollster. Inquiry is not without its flaws.

Medicare is not without it's flaws either. Some people aren't eligible (at least not for free).

Didn't Obama say everyone under 25 would be covered if their parent's had insurance?  Why is the decline in the uninsured so small?

19.7% of parents don't have health insurance?  Plus I'm sure a fair about of 18-25 has no idea they have their parents health insurance.

[memphis]

3 points down when the rest of the people are nearly 5 points up isn't too shabby.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

That's because it forces people to buy insurance.

[Brittain33]

That's because it forces people to buy insurance.

No, it doesn't, because the mandate isn't in place yet.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'm assuming it's because younger people can now stay on their parents' insurance for longer.  I even have a married friend who's still on her parents' insurance.

[Lief 🗽]

That's because it forces people to buy insurance.

wow.