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Study: Half of younger uninsured are voluntary
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Almost half of all uninsured U.S. citizens younger than 65 earn enough to afford health insurance but voluntarily don't purchase it, according to research by a Washington, D.C. think tank.
Almost half of all uninsured U.S. citizens younger than 65 earn enough to afford health insurance but voluntarily don't purchase it, according to research by a Washington, D.C. think tank.
The study, from the Employment Policies Institute, contends that 16 million uninsured Americans aged 18 to 64-or about 43 percent of that age group-earn 2.5 times the federal poverty level and could likely afford health coverage.
The authors say a U.S. Census Bureau pronouncement that 47 million Americans lack health insurance leads to the erroneous assumption that those without coverage can't afford it or aren't obtaining healthcare.
