Young adults shun Obamacare mostly due to cost: survey
Posted on AllSides July 31st, 2014
From The Right
Despite the conventional narrative, most of the “young invincibles” aged 19 to 34 who did not sign up for health insurance during Obamacare’s first round cited cost, while only one in five said they just didn’t expect to need coverage, according to Deloitte.
The consultancy’s survey of 500 young adults found that two-thirds of those who didn’t sign up said they couldn’t afford coverage, and more than half didn’t bother to visit a state or federal exchange website.
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