Young Adults With Private Health Insurance Increases By 6% Over Past Two Years

Young Adults With Private Health Insurance Increases By 6% Over Past Two Years In 2012, the number of young adults, those between ages 19 and 25 years, increased by six percentage points from 2010. In 2012, 57.9% of young adults had private health insurance, an increase from 2010, when 52% of young adults had private insurance. In 2008, 57.7% of young adults had private insurance. Additionally, the percentage of privately insured young adults who had a gap in their coverage during the previous 12 month period decreased from 10.5% in 2008, to 7.8% in 2012; and . . .