Uninsurance rate is high among young adults.

From: Internal Medicine News | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON -- Young adults are more likely than are adolescents to be uninsured, attorney Abigail English said during a meeting sponsored by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation.

"As you move up the age groups you move into higher and higher rates of uninsurance," said Ms. English, director of the Center for Adolescent Health and the Law, Chapel Hill, N.C. "Adolescents fare better."

According to 2004 census data, 8.8 million young adults (31% of 18- to 24-year-olds) were uninsured. By comparison, 3.2 million adolescents (12.5% of 12- to ...

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