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The Young and Healthy, Pt.1 - Life is but a breeze.

Ah yes, the young and invincible.  Life is just a breeze…even when you’re heading over a cliff on a motorcycle. I know…nice breeze for about 5 to 10 seconds. Peaceful, too…to float thru the air, light as a feather.  It’s just those pesky rock ledges at the end that spoil it.  Not fair. But that’s only the beginning of what’s not fair.  What about all those broken bones?  They’re not fair either.  Sure is nice to know the nice friendly hospital will fix you right up.  Paramedics, surgical technicians and even doctors you will never know will look at your charts and send a subordinate to tell you what’s wrong.  Everybody’s your friend.  They like to keep in touch too.  They’ll write to you frequently after you leave them.  Lots of mail.  Even the letters become pesky, after a while.  Seems like they are always asking the impossible.  Nobody ever gets bills for $18,000! Who are they kidding?  Ouch!  Juliana Bunim has posted a great article on TheStreet.com with a very concise lowdown on the vulnerability of our youth that don’t have health insurance.  It has always been known that the young adults are the largest percentage of our population that opt-out of health insurance. But how significant is this?  According to Ms. Bunim, the trend of young adults without health insurance is ever increasing.

The figures that Juliana provides for us report that the percentage of high school grads without health insurance leads the way, at 38%.  Following close behind are the college grads without health insurance at 34%.  Does this mean that young adults are irresponsible?  Not necessarily.

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