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From: The Washington Times | October 18, 2009
Young adults, a group that helped elect President Obama last fall, could have the highest costs to bear but the most to gain under the health care overhaul proposals in Congress. The reform bills require insurance companies to reduce the disparities between what they charge the young and the old, with potential to dramatically raise prices for young adults. But there are provisions that try to help provide coverage to young adults, such as tax subsidies. “It works both ways,” said John Holahan, director of the health research center at the Urban Institute. “They’re disadvantaged with the more you move …
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