Senators Linda Parlette and Janea Holmquist offer a refreshingly practical perspective on health insurance in this morning's PI. They begin by assessing the problem.
... 51 percent of Washington's 593,000 uninsured are young adults, ages 19-34. They're also the fastest-growing segment of the uninsured.
What's preventing those young adults from buying health insurance? Simply put -- it's too expensive.
And it need not be.
Insurance carriers have told us time and time again that they could design and market more affordable health insurance plans for people in this age bracket if they were given flexibility with our state laws -- the same flexibility they already have in Connecticut, Colorado, California, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada and New Hampshire.
They offered a solution that was rejected. Read the op-ed. Then contact your legislators.
