Monday, February 23, 2009
Are You a "Young Invincible?"
Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Healh Care, published last week in the New York Times, is causing quite a stir in the young adult cancer community. Does the article describe you?
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I love that this article brings attention to those of us who are young and cannot afford insurance, but I think it gawks at our mind blowingly entertaining kitchen sink ER stunts and ignores what got us here in the first place.
ReplyDeleteResearch by the Commonwealth Fund shows that the majority of young people would prefer insurance, however, income levels combined with inadequate state and federal regulations keep us uninsured.