U.S. healthcare law tied to benefits for young adults

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U.S. healthcare law tied to benefits for young adults

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young adults were more likely to report better physical and mental health after the U.S. passed sweeping changes to its healthcare system in 2010, according to a new study. Young people also spent less money after they were allowed to be covered under their parents’ health insurance plans until they turned 26 years old under the Affordable Care Act - better known as Obamacare, the researchers report. “I think our study suggests it improved health and reduced exposure to healthcare costs,” Dr. Kao-Ping Chua said. He and his colleague Dr. Benjamin Sommers write in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, that the effect expanding insurance access to young Americans had on healthcare spending, use and overall health was unknown.

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