Even Republican young adults want health insurance, poll finds

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http://www.nbcnews.com/health/even-republican-young-adults-want-health-insurance-poll-finds-6C10963044

Obamacare may have become a partisan issue, but more Republicans than Democrats have signed up for one of its most popular provisions, according to a survey published Wednesday.

A team at the Commonwealth Fund, which strongly supports healthcare reform, looked at one of the main target groups of the 2010 Affordable Care Act – young adults who have been going without health insurance. One of the most popular provisions of the law lets people age 26 and younger stay on their parents’ health insurance.

They found that by last March, 63 percent of young adults identifying as Republicans had enrolled in a parent’s health plan in the last 12 months, compared to 45 percent of those who considered themselves Democrats. About 26 percent of the 1,800 adults surveyed said they were Republicans, 28 percent said they were Democrats and the rest either said they were independent, some other party, or did not say.

Overall, 15 million 19-to-25-year-olds, or about half of all Americans this age, are on their parents’ health plan, the report says.

[rurallib]

1. Republican's want young to bet their lives

to do the bidding of the old fat-cat well insured.
Surprisingly the young are not totally stupid.

[mainer]

2. That's something the GOP didn't expect

my question is, why do so few young Democrats sign up for it? Does it mean more young Republicans are dependent on their parents?

[DoBotherMe]

3. It may mean that more

republican than democratic parents have insurance.