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Young adults can remain on their parents’ health insurance policies until they turn 26, but when they use it for counseling, pregnancy tests, addiction treatment or anything else, insurers frequently notify their parents. These routine billing notifications to parents of teens and young adults pose...

As the U.S. Senate takes up the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a large study provides evidence that eliminating the individual mandate could jeopardize health care coverage for young adults. Analysis of insurance data found that without an individual mandate, young adults were more likely...

High out-of-pocket health care costs for low- and middle-income Americans with kids have fallen due to "Obamacare," but more needs to be done to reduce their medical-related financial struggles, a new study claims. The researchers examined data from 2000 to 2017 on more than 92,000 U.S. families...

Study Rundown: Youth with chronic physical conditions have been shown to be at greater risk for developing mental health conditions. However, less is known about the potential mechanisms for increased risk, and few studies have followed incidence over time. In this retrospective cohort study...

Large, survey-based studies are a slow, expensive way to collect rigorous public health data. New research, focusing on alcohol use, shows that mining Twitter and online searches could enable public health professionals to get immediate, localized insights, spot emerging trends, and even measure the...

As the U.S. Senate takes up the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a three-state study provides evidence that eliminating the individual mandate could jeopardize young adults’ health care coverage — even with laws allowing people under 26 to be covered under their parents’ plan. Researchers...

(Reuters Health) - Young adults can remain on their parents’ health insurance policies until they turn 26, but when they use it for counseling, pregnancy tests, addiction treatment or anything else, insurers frequently notify their parents. These routine billing notifications to parents of teens and...

Reuters reports young adults can remain on their parents’ health insurance policies until they turn 26, but when they use it for counseling, pregnancy tests, addiction treatment or anything else, insurers frequently notify their parents. These routine billing notifications to parents of teens and...

**Job Announcement** We are seeking a qualified and highly motivated individual who would like to complete a postdoctoral research fellowship. The research focus will be on the study of adolescent/young adult health and social and psychiatric epidemiology, primarily using data from a number of NIH...

The high cost of health care is hurting everyone, with parents forgoing taking their sick kids to the doctor even if they have health insurance and make enough money to cover the cost, according to a new study from researchers at UW-Madison.