The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: How Does it Help Adolescents and Young Adults?
This 2010 brief, created by the Center of Adolescent Health and the Law (CAHL) and NAHIIC, reviews major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act highlighting those of greatest significance for these young people.
Adolescents | Health Care | Health Insurance | Medicaid | Policy | Young Adults
Health Care for Homeless Youth: Policy Options for Improving Access
This issue brief, developed by the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law, presents an overview of the health care issues faced by homeless adolescents and young adults.
Adolescents | Health Care | Medicaid | Policy | Special Populations | Young Adults
Health Insurance Across Vulnerable Ages: Patterns and Disparities from Adolescence to the Early 30s
his 2007 article presents an analysis of patterns of health insurance, both public and privately funded, among young people from early adolescence through their early 30s.
Adolescents | Disparities | Health Care | Health Insurance | Lifespan | Medicaid | Transitions | Young Adults
Health Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Leaving Foster Care
This 2006 issue brief describes the young people who are aging out of foster care, their health status, and the barriers they face when leaving foster care.
Health Care | Health Insurance | Medicaid | Special Populations | Transitions