Fact Based List:

Young Adults Will Be Among the Last-Minute ACA Enrollees This Week

  1. Young Adults Have Made the Largest Gains in Insurance Coverage
  2. Sixteen Percent of Young Adults Were Uninsured in 2017, Compared to 28 Percent in 2013
  3. Young Black and Latino Adults Have Made the Greatest Coverage Gains Since 2010
  4. Medicaid Expansion Particularly Helpful for Young Adults
  5. A Majority of Young Adults Are Able to Access and Afford Care
  6. More Than Three of Five Young Adults Said They Would Not Have Been Able to Access/Afford Their Care Prior to Getting Coverage
  7. Fewer Young Adults Report Not Getting Needed Care Because of Cost in 2016
  8. Most Young Adults Continue to Be Satisfied with Marketplace or Medicaid Coverage

Source: Commonwealth Fund
Source URL: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2017/dec/y...