We are Generation Invincible.
19-29 year old Americans.
30 percent uninsured.
We’re often left out of the health care debate.
These are our stories.
Generation Invincible
Young Adult Considers Returning to Parents' Health Plan
" A health care reform was signed into law, President Obama made a speech where he was pretty much talking to me when he said: "If you're a young adult, which many of you are, you'll be able to stay on your parents' insurance policy until you're 26 years old." ”
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Watching Your Health Chip Away
" President Obama signed the health care overhaul bill into law yesterday. Still, some health organizations want more to be done to provide care to uninsured Americans including the American Dental Association. They opposed the bill because it didn't increase funding for dental services paid by Medicaid. And that, the ADA says, won't help the millions of Americans without dental insurance. Youth Radio's Jennifer Obakhume visits one family dealing with that reality. " ”
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Abortion and the Health Care Debate
" Abortion has long been a hot political topic--and now it's becoming part of the health care debate. So what does abortion have to do with health care? Members of Congress are arguing about which health insurance plans should cover abortions. ”
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Breaking Down the House Health Reform Bill
" The House of Representatives passed its version of health care reform, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, or H.R. 3962. The bill is almost 2,000 pages long. Haven't read it yet? Here are a few parts of the bill that could have a big impact on young people. ”
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"If you've been skipping dentist visits to save some cash, you're not alone.
Recent surveys say that many Americans, even ones who have dental insurance, skipped dental care in 2009 to save money. And people who don't have dental insurance, which is usually sold separately from health insurance, are even more likely to skip dentist visits. ”
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Is Catastrophic Health Insurance for You?
" Richard Peterson has never been injured or seriously ill. So when Peterson, a 24-year-old law student, was dropped from his parents' health insurance plan in 2008, he considered not buying insurance. Peterson could have gotten health insurance through his school, George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, but the plan would have cost him about $100 a month. His wife gets health insurance at work, but getting added to her policy also would have been expensive, Peterson says. ”
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Mom and Dad's Health Insurance May Be Yours -
Speaker Pelosi on keeping young people insured longer.
This week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that under a health reform bill in the House of Representatives, young adults could stay insured under their parents' plans through age 26.
Members of Y.I. Want Change, a coalition of youth organizations formed by the Young Invincibles health reform advocacy group, and their supporters stood with Pelosi when she made the announcement at a press conference. The reform could be an important victory for young people.
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Young Doesn't Mean Invincible - an interview with one of the founders of the advocacy group Young Invincibles.
After volunteering for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, Georgetown University law student Aaron Smith started watching the health care reform debate unfold. Smith, who is 27, knew many young people who had problems getting health care, but he didn't see their perspectives being represented in the health care debate.
To address this inadequacy, Smith and five other young people who volunteered for the Obama campaign started the Young Invincibles. The group describes themselves as 18 to 34-year-olds committed to making sure young people are heard in the debate about health care reform. They want to talk candidly about how the current health care system fails young people and dispel the notion that young people don’t care about health care.
Rock the Health Care Debate - Rock the Vote mashes up the Dept. of Health and Human Services and Fall Out Boy??
Ten Health Care Terms You Need to Know - a guide to ten terms that need to be household words.
Young Docs Talk Health Reform - from the chaos of med school to the chaos of the health care debate.
Old vs. Young -- the Health Care Tug of War - how your age can affect the cost of health care.
No Health Insurance? That'll be $950 - having insurance might soon be the law.
Can Obama Get Youth 'Fired Up' Over Health Care? - the President reaches out to Generation Invincible.
Obama's Health Care Speech -- Hard to Swallow? - Emily Beaver reacts to Obama's speech.
Ten More Health Care Terms You Need to Know - becuase if the debate needed anything, it was more terms.
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By Jennifer DePau.
" Until an affordable public health care option is offered, many young Americans remain uninsured and unable to pay the high cost of healthcare insurance. As youth scramble to find alternative healthcare options and steer clear of the doctor’s office, there is one option many may not be aware of—free/low-cost/sliding scale walk-in clinics. ”
Nursing a Career in the Midst of Healthcare Reform -
By Adania Navarro.
" As an aspiring nurse, I was happy to hear about the Senate Finance Committee’s approval of a health care bill aimed at covering about 94% of Americans. With that many people getting medical care, you’d think the government would have thought about the workforce necessary to give that care. ”
Can't Spare a Dime for Health Care -
Molly Adams, recent college graduate. Status: uninsured.
"So what do you do?” is a question people ask a lot when you're
fresh out of college. I’m a freelancer, doing all kinds of broadcast
production jobs. But that doesn’t cover my rent.So I’m also a bartender.
