The number represents the largest drop in uninsured young adults
in a single year since the CDC began tracking insurance rates in
1997, The New York Times reported on Monday. According to the
data from the federal study, known as the National Health
Interview Survey, the share of people between the ages of 19 and
25 who lack health coverage fell to 27.9 percent last year, down
from 33.9 percent in 2010, before the health care law took
effect. That means the number of uninsured young adults in the
U.S. fell by about one-sixth between 2010 and 2011, according to
the CDC estimates. But for the next age group -- those 26 to 35
years old -- the number of uninsured persons actually inched up,
leading some experts to conclude the health care law must be
driving the downward trend for young adults. That provision of
the law took effect in September 2010, a year when the number of
young people without health coverage also dropped. Approximately
46 million people did not have health coverage in 2011, a share
totaling a