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 Uncovered—A Young Adults’ Forum on Healthcare ReformNews Release Contact: Jaime Contois, 603.504.2906 Uncovered—A Young Adults’ Forum on Healthcare Reform Students from Keene State College, River Valley Community College and Antioch University , Local Non-Profits, Young Adults in the Workforce and Medical Professionals Meet to Discuss and Support Expanding Access to Quality, Affordable Healthcare for All Keene, NH – Young adults aged 19-26 are among the fastest growing population of those without health care coverage. In New Hampshire, over 33,000 young adults do not have health insurance. Many view these young adults as “invincibles” who can risk forgoing coverage and hope for the best when it comes to illness and accidents. However, this group is not as invincible as they’d like to be; like the rest of the population, many young adults have to deal with chronic illness and acute health problems that require access to health care. On April 8th at 6:30 PM in the Lantern Room at Keene State College’s Student Center, “The Young Adult Healthcare Forum-Uncovered” will allow young adults to share their stories of how the healthcare crisis has impacted them. A few of the young adults organizing the event will also speak—young adults who went directly to the workforce, university students, and graduate students—as well as a local nurse and activists working on access to healthcare in our state. Small group discussions plus questions and answers will provide time for young adults to meet, swap stories and ideas about how to cope in difficult times, and discuss strategies to gain better healthcare coverage. Most of us understand that older Americans suffer when they are denied access to healthcare, but we do not often think or talk about how young people are harmed by the high cost of health services and the absence of coverage. In regards to healthcare, these young adults have their own concerns that impact their lives and their future choices in many serious ways. Upon graduating and entering the workforce, young people often go without insurance because they cannot afford it, are no longer covered by their parents’ insurance, or their own workplace does not provide coverage, so they are left to choose between necessary health care and medical debt. What: Young Adult Healthcare Forum WHO: Students, young professionals, nurses, healthcare reform advocates When: Wednesday, April 8th, 6:30-8:30 PM Where: Lantern Room, Keene State College Student Center Sponsors: Working Families Win, Keene Young Professionals, Keene State College Department of Sociology, River Valley Community College, Antioch University Sustainability & Social Justice Committee and Granite State Progress Back to Granite State Progress  |