[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              YOUNG ADULT HEALTHCARE COVERAGE ACT OF 2009

  (Mrs. DAHLKEMPER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to announce the 
introduction of my first piece of legislation, the Young Adult 
Healthcare Coverage Act of 2009, or, as I like to call it, the young 
invincibles bill. I am the mother of five young invincibles, and this 
legislation will cover adults ages 19-29.
  This bipartisan, no-cost bill provides these young adults with the 
option to access their parents' health insurance. This is important, 
because young adults have the highest uninsured rate of any group in 
the country at 31 percent.
  The result is extreme measures, such as borrowing leftover 
prescription drugs from a friend, setting their own broken bones, or 
trips to the emergency room that cost the American taxpayer millions. 
Thirty States have already enacted similar legislation. This bill will 
create a nationwide uniform standard.
  I thank Congressman Leonard Lance and others who are cosponsoring 
this bill, and I ask our colleagues to join us.

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