What can young people do for their country? Buy health insurance.

The exit of UnitedHealthcare from some state insurance exchanges and hints from other insurers of potential exits are largely linked to the absence of young people from the insurance pools. There simply are not enough healthy, low cost people to cover the expenses of older, sicker policyholders.

Insurers refer to them as the "young invincibles."

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