Medicaid unwinding disrupted kids’ and young adults’ access to chronic disease medicine Prescriptions for mental and behavioral health, epilepsy and asthma affected among those living in ...

Cuts to Medicaid under consideration in Congress could threaten healthcare access for young adults, according to a new analysis by the Urban Institute. Currently, roughly 3 in 10 Americans aged 18 ...

Story at a glance Expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is linked with better survival outcomes for young Americans newly diagnosed with cancer, research shows. The two ...

(HealthDay)—For young adults hospitalized for injury, the first year of implementation of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act correlated with significant increases in Medicaid ...

WHAT WE FOUND. Our key findings are as follows: * * We project 3.6 million young adults will be uninsured in 2025, an uninsured rate of 11.3 percent.

Children and young adults had less access to meds if they lived in states where more people lost Medicaid coverage For example, children had reduced access to asthma inhalers MONDAY, May 12, 2025 ...

Young adults who experience a traumatic injury are now more likely to have insurance coverage and access to rehabilitation if they live in a state that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care ...

At age 19, autistic young adults are reassessed for Medicaid eligibility as an individual — rather than being allowed to continue coverage as part of their family. At age 21 most states terminate ...

Young adults with an ASD often lose access to important services when they leave high school. Even those with a Medicaid waiver must be re-evaluated at that time, which could mean a loss of ...

Key Takeaways. Medicaid 'unwinding' left kids with chronic conditions without access to needed medications. Children and young adults had less access to meds if they lived in states where more ...

Around 83,700 young adults received new cancer diagnoses in 2020. Historically, this age group has not experienced the same survival improvements over time compared with pediatric and older ...