So far, only 24 percent of those who have signed up for the Affordable Care Act are 18- to 34-years old, a figure that falls short of the Obama administration’s enrollment goals for the program, according to data released Monday.
“Only 24 percent of Obama-Care’s enrollees are young people, well below the 40 percent benchmark set by the administration for the critical 18- to 34-year-old age group,” according to The Hill. “Older people, who are typically more expensive to cover, made up the single largest group of Obama-Care enrollees.”
Many argued this shows young people have largely snubbed Obamacare – and it presents a huge problem for the new federal health mandate.
“There’s no way to spin it: youth enrollment has been a bust so far,” Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), told The Hill. “When they see that ObamaCare offers high costs for limited access to doctors — if the enrollment goes through at all — it’s no surprise that young people aren’t rushing to sign up.”
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