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New Commonwealth Fund survey of young adults finds wide majority support health reform
Date:12/18/2009

December 18, 2009, New York, New YorkAn overwhelming majority88 percentof young adults across the political spectrum think it is important for Congress and the President to pass health reform legislation that would assure affordable health insurance for all and improve health care, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey released today.

The survey, conducted between May and July of 2009, found that nearly half45 percentor approximately 20 million young adults between the ages of 19 and 29 were uninsured at some time during the past year. Key transition times of high school and college graduation put young adults at significant risk of losing their health coverage, according to Commonwealth Fund researchers Jennifer Nicholson and Sara Collins, authors of the report Young, Uninsured, and Seeking Change: Health Coverage of Young Adults and Their Views on Health Reform‑Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Survey of Young Adults, 2009. Forty-five percent of young adults who had insurance in high school lost their insurance or had to change insurance coverage when they graduated from high school. Similarly, two-thirds who had insurance while they were in college had to change coverage or lost their health insurance completely when they graduated. High school and college graduates often experienced long periods without insurance: half of high school graduates who either lost or switched coverage at graduation went without coverage for two years or more and more than one-quarter of college graduates who switched or lost coverage were uninsured for two years or more.

According to the researchers, several provisions in the House and Senate health reform bills would significantly reduce gaps in health insurance coverage for young adults, including provisions to allow young adults to stay on their parents' insurance longer (until age 26 in the Senate bill and age 27 in the House bill), and the creation of a health insurance exchange that will
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Contact: Mary Mahon
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212-606-3853
Commonwealth Fund
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