This article was originally published by heartland.org.
This Commonwealth Fund study
should be very worrisome to supporters of President Barack Obama’s law: Just
one in four 19- to 29-year-olds is even aware of Obamacare’s exchanges.
From October 2013 through March 2014, young adults
without affordable health insurance through an employer will be able to select
a plan from their state’s insurance marketplace, with coverage beginning
January 2014. Those with incomes under 400 percent of poverty will be eligible
for subsidized coverage or Medicaid. The survey findings demonstrate just how critical
outreach and education will be to inform young adults about their new options.
Only 27 percent of 19-to-29-year-olds in the survey were aware of the
marketplaces, with awareness lowest among those uninsured for some time during
the year (19%) and those in low-income households eligible for subsidized
coverage or Medicaid (18%). Awareness also varied by education levels:
one-third of college graduates were aware of the marketplaces, compared with 20
percent of those with a high school degree or less…..To Read More….
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