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Wiretap: Youth Is Not A Pre-Existing Condition

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The barriers to entry for health insurance are so high that many youth simply go without. It’s not that we don’t want it: we’re perfectly aware we’re not invincible. We’re just priced out of the market. I suppose that’s why you never see any “Blue Cross means Bitchin’ Coverage!” ads, targeted at a younger demographic.

A recent study by the AFL-CIO found that a whopping 31 percent of young workers are uninsured. Moreover, young blue-collar workers are uninsured 40 percent of the time. The key barrier to entry for health care? You guessed it — cost.

Check out the rest of this piece about young people and health care by 99Problems.org’s very own Steve Romain in Wiretap!

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