THE TENNESSEAN – Zach Ryan’s decision will help determine the success or failure of the Affordable Care Act.
He’s not a powerful politician, a corporate executive or a federal judge. He’s a 26-year-old without health insurance.
Whether he and millions of other young people buy coverage is crucial for the federal health law to reach the goal of making insurance affordable. Their participation is needed to offset the cost of guaranteed coverage for older people with pre-existing conditions. But with barely more than two weeks before enrollment begins on a newly created exchange for the uninsured, most young people know little or nothing about what’s at stake for them, according to polls and surveys.
“I can find the most obscure stuff on Google,” Ryan said. “I mean stupid, obscure stuff. … But I couldn’t find how to get health care through the government. When you type in Obamacare, you would think it would come right up and have some clear instructions.”
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