claim: "more than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the affordable care act) by staying on their family’s plan."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: the affordable care act allows young adults to stay on their parents' health care plan until age 26. ... according to an analysis of this provision, adding young adult coverage would increase average family premiums by as little as .7% while allowing 1.2 million young americans coverage under their parents' plan through an ...
evidence_2: jun 8, 2012 ... an estimated 6.6 million young adults stayed on or joined their parents' health plans in 2011 who would not have been eligible prior to passage of the ... “while the affordable care act has already provided a new source of coverage for millions of young adults at risk of being uninsured, more help is ...
evidence_3: may 20, 2013 ... the affordable care act tackles these problems in several ways. first, the law allows young adults to stay on their parents' plans until they reach age 26. as of june 2012 more than 3 million young adults gained insurance coverage because of this change— a 10.4 percent increase in the number of insured ...
evidence_4: apr 15, 2015 ... under the affordable care act, young adults are allowed to stay on their parents' health insurance plan until they turn 26. ... between september 2010 and december 2011, more than 3 million adults aged 19 to 25 got private health insurance largely thanks to the aca, according to the department of health ...
evidence_5: dec 14, 2011 ... todays results show that the initial gains from this policy have continued to grow as further plan renewals took effect. ... 3. "one million young adults gain health insurance in 2011 because of the affordable care act." office of the assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, department of health and ...