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Drop in Uninsured Young Adults

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One million more now have health coverage.

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Parents may have one less reason to worry about their kids. The number of young adults, ages 18 to 25, with health insurance has jumped by about 1 million over the past year, defying the trend of almost every other demographic group. President Obama's health-care law, which allows young people to use their parents' health-insurance plan until age 26, is presumably behind this increase. Such expanded coverage may be short-lived, though, as House Republicans aim to repeal Obama's law.

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