Obamacare and the Young Invincibles
Private Health Exchange: Obamacare Hiked Health Care Costs For Young Adults
Young adults still think health insurance is too expensive — especially after Obamacare hiked health care costs for most, according to a survey from top private health exchange eHealth. Read More »
Study: 6 out of 7 uninsured, young adults would benefit by skipping Obamacare and paying the penalty
The ACA's perverse economic incentives are well documented. The law makes health insurance more expensive for many young adults, while at the same time making the decision to go without health coverag… Read More »
Administration lags on attracting young people to ObamaCare, stats show
The administration is lagging behind its goals for attracting young people to the ObamaCare exchanges, according to newly released statistics.Of those who signed up for health insurance through the Ob… Read More »
Adverse Selection: Obamacare Exchange Enrollment Skews Much Older Than U.S. Population; Cost Increases Likely
It’s been the top concern since the Obamacare bill was written. Would healthier and younger people sign up for Obamacare-based insurance, despite the fact that the law forces those individuals to pay … Read More »
Humana Warns Of 'Adverse' ObamaCare Enrollment 'Mix'
Humana (HUM) said the "risk mix" of its ObamaCare exchange members will be "more adverse than previously expected," the latest evidence that the health reform is attracting older, sicker Americans tha… Read More »
Surging Medicaid enrollments threaten to derail ObamaCare
Washington Free Beacon writer Ellison Barber told Megyn Kelly on Friday that surging Medicaid enrollments, rather than sign-ups for private insurance, threaten to derail ObamaCare.
“Clearly, if they’… Read More »
Escape from Obamacare
Under Obamacare, young adults can buy a government-approved plan—with its mandated coverage of pediatric dental care, sterilization, and maternity care—and pay vastly inflated premiums relative to… Read More »
Young Invincibles on Obamacare: ‘We’re Not Impressed’
The White House’s beleaguered attempts to woo young people into buying into the new health care law just hit another snag: The ‘young invincibles’ just aren’t that into it.More than half (57%) of 18- … Read More »
Few uninsured young people say they’ll sign up for Obamacare
Fewer than one-third of young, uninsured Americans say they are leaning toward enrolling in a health-care plan under the new Obamacare exchanges, according to a new poll -- a number that, if it holds,… Read More »
Students suffer ObamaCare sticker shock as premiums soar, plans get cut
While millions of Americans are watching their individual polices get canceled due to ObamaCare regulations, the new health care rules are also having a major impact on college campuses.
For decades… Read More »
Will young people jeopardize the success of ObamaCare?
When the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act was under debate in the Supreme Court last year, Justice Samuel Alito highlighted a problem with ObamaCare that could ultimately jeopardize the en… Read More »
Obamacare Increases Costs of College Health Plans by as Much as 1,112%
Last March, I wrote a detailed piece on why Obamacare will dramatically increase the cost of insurance for young people. Yesterday, Louise Radnofsky of the Wall Street Journal reported that some colle… Read More »
