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Please click on the link below to retrieve Urban Institute's June 2008 report highlighting their research on the young adult population and health insurance coverage.

Urban Institute's "Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults: Issues and Broader Considerations"

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411691_young_adult_insurance.pdf

Please click on the link below to retrieve The Commonwealth Fund's August 2009 report on why young adults become uninsured and the potential impact that proposed policies may have on young adults.

The Commonwealth Fund's "Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, 2009 Update"

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2009/Aug/Rite-of-Passage-Why-Young-Adults-Become-Uninsured-and-How-New-Policies-Can-Help-2009-Update.aspx

Please click on the link below to retrieve U.S. News & World Report's best health plans guide for young adults.

U.S. News & World Report's "Affordable Health Insurance for Young Adults: Which health plan or policy is best? We offer healthcare coverage advice for 8 different situations

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/health-plans/2009/04/22/affordable-health-insurance-for-young-adults.html

Please click on the link below to retrieve Annals of Internal Medicine's article with facts on the young adult population's use of ambulatory care.

Annals of Internal Medicine's "Ambulatory Care Among Young Adults in the United States"

http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/151/6/379

Related News

Young Obama backers AWOL from health care fight - AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hEl6XNNanFnCo4oXWo0T-0YaelrAD9A9GRT81

Rock the Vote's President Heather Smith's Letter to the Editor - POLITICO

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27185.html

Young Adults Likely to Pay Big Share of Reform's Cost - Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503716.html

Five Ways to Show Support for Healthcare Reform - The Nation (blog)

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/question/473196

Commentary: Where are the young voices on health care? - CNNPolitics.com

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/09/williams.young.voice.healthcare/

Senate Finance Committee Plan Goes Far To Achieve Reform But New Taxes Raise Affordability Concerns - BCBSA News

http://www.bcbs.com/news/bcbsa/senate-finance-committee-plan-goes-far-to-achieve-reform.html

Young, Invincible - and the Key to Health Reform - Time

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1925299,00.html

Young adult health plans limit coverage: State's low-cost insurance can be risky, report says - The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2007/05/29/young_adult_health_plans_limit_coverage/

Young Back Health Proposals Amid Potential Costs - Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125418271275947943.html

For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Health Care - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/nyregion/18insure.html?_r=1

Healthcare Hostages Dying For Reform: Teens Describe Living With Chronic Conditions, Fear of Future Insurance Coverage - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/heart-patients-dying-health-care-reform/story?id=8701910

Age and higher premiums go together: Is it fair? - Associated Press

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGlzgMN1BcaXYxgxFJf8C9CXrbkgD9B0R4JG2

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