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PDFFrom ThinkProgress:
Thanks to the popular Obamacare provision that extends health insurance coverage to millions of young adults by allowing them to stay on their parents’ insurance until 26 years of age, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control estimates the number of uninsured young people dropped by one-sixth between 2010 and 2011. This represents the largest annual decline for any age group since the CDC first began collecting data on insurance rates in 1997.
According to the National Health Interview Survey, 33.9 percent of people between the ages of 19 and 25 lacked health insurance in 2010. The following year, after the Obamacare provision had taken effect, that number dropped to 27.9 percent. By the CDC’s estimates, that means 1.6 million young people gained coverage between 2010 and 2011, and health policy analysts agree the dramatic drop in uninsured young adults during that time span was due to the health reform law.
Mitt Romney has continually vowed to repeal Obamacare, notwithstanding his disingenuous endorsement of Obamacare on Meet the Press over the weekend in a failed attempt to woo independent voters. The bottom-line is that candidate Romney does not give a damn about the uninsured or those with pre-exisiting conditions.
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