More Young Adults Covered By Health Insurance
By: Stephanie Castillo
Updated: December 15, 2011
About 2.5 million young adults got health insurance coverage
as a result of last year's health care reform.
That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Those additional people, ages 19 to 25, have insurance because of a provision that lets young adults stay on their parents' insurance plans through age 26.
The Obama administration says this is a sign that the controversial legislation is succeeding.
A spokesman for Republican House Speaker John Boehner points out Republicans supported that particular provision, even including it in their alternative health care bill.
