Dependent Coverage Expansions
January 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Issue brief shows many states have expanded dependent coverage to young adults.
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Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults
June 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
An Urban Institute analysis looks at why young adults, accounting for 28 percent of America's uninsured population, are disproportionately uninsured and what policies could address their coverage gaps.
Individual Mandate
January 13, 2010 | Issue Brief
A key component to the proposed health care legislation is the individual mandate, which requires all persons over the age of 18 to acquire health insurance.
Heterogeneity in Health Insurance Coverage Among US Latino Adults
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
U.S. Latinos of Mexican ancestry are less likely to have health insurance than are non-Mexican Latinos. Insured Mexican Americans are more likely to be married, to have been born in the U.S. and speak English. They are also more likely to have finished high school, to be older than 35 years of age, and to have income above the federal poverty line.
Expanding Dependent Coverage for Young Adults
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The experience that states have had with pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance expansion to young adults shows the process is non-problematic, but there are undetermined implications for risk pooling, cost distribution, and prolonging the parental ...
Can Expanding Dependent Coverage to Young Adults Reduce the Number of Uninsured?
February 16, 2012 | Program Result
The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy studied the provisions and impact of state policies requiring expanded dependent coverage for young adults on their parents' health plans as part of RWJF's State Health Access Reform Evaluation initiative.
Reaching America's Health Potential
May 1, 2009 | Chart
This chartbook from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America reveals substantial shortfalls in the health of American adults at the national level and in every state.
Streetworkers Mediate Gang Violence and Connect Teens to Health Services in Lowell, Mass.
November 20, 2008 | Program Result
From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.
Working as If One's Health Depended Upon it
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1996-1999, investigators at the Urban Institute, Washington, investigated the effectiveness of the nation's health insurance system in providing coverage for older Americans using data from the 1992-1994 Health and Retirement study.
"Prime-Agers" Need New and Improved Insurance Options
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Urban Institute - a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization in Washington - studied the facts and issues related to health insurance coverage for Americans ages 55 to 64.