New Health Care Policy for our Twentysomethings

Obama's health care reform acknowledges what many parents of twentysomethings already know. Our children represent a large percentage of the uninsured. Thirty percent of 19-29 year olds do not have health insurance and 75% receive financial assistance from their parents. Over five years ago when my 21 year old son had surgery at Georgetown Hospital, I asked a nurse why he was in the pediatric ICU after the procedure. She said they don't consider surgical patients adults at 21 years old. Researching our book

Mom Can I Move Back Home

we heard so many stories about young adults delaying many of the rites of passages until their early thirties. Ian Shapira's article in The Washington Post explores what we have been watching for over six years.