ObamaCare Doesn't Help Young Adults

President Barack Obama has been promising for the past year that health care bills before Congress would help younger Americans -- often who are healthier and more resistant to buying insurance coverage -- access affordable health plans. But Heritage senior policy analyst Paul Winfree, who tracks health care economics, says those promises are too good to be true. Winfree points out in new research that both the House and Senate bills include changes to insurance ratings so that younger, healthier Americans would lose any potential discounts they would get compared with older, sicker consumers. This would drive up the cost of health insurance for everyone. Additionally, the bills have individual mandates, which would force young adults to pay a fine if they didnt want to buy health plans. Many younger Americans would pay the fine because it would end up being the cheaper option -- even when you add in government subsidies. This is one more tax on young adults who are struggling to pay for rent, food, gas and other living expenses. These are more reasons why Congress needs to start over with health measures that bring real portability to the health insurance market.

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• Insurance premiums
• young adults
• healthy
• sicker
• older Americans
• individual mandates
• tax
• fine
• Congress

[dapawe]

Curious how Obama the candidate was against mandates as he ran for office and the Heritage Foundation, until a few years ago, was in favor of mandates.

[storyofb34]

to submit to others control over their daily lives, rather the human spirit should be free to create and explore the world that provided a setting for the birth of countless numbers of species, life and existence on this planet.

[storyofb34]

@DornBear I would say a truly free person has their right to speak their mind about their way of living. Every one is unique much as every enviornment in the world is unique with different forms of life adapting to those conditions and living. Cultures too should be allowed to diversify to support a healthy world community since no one should be forced to live the exact same way as other people, they should be free to enjoy the blessing of life and all its living aspects without being forced

[krosork]

lol, propoganda

[markwett]

@DornBear what's wrong with that is that he doesnt want health insurance in the first place. And that should be his choice... both morally and constitutionally without paying a penalty

[DornBear]

Why do you complain? You can stay on your parents policy until your 26. Then, if you are not making much money yet, your payment will be plan will be subsidized by the govt. When you can well afford to pay yourself, then you will pay - what is wrong with that????