Washington, Sept. 3 -- Congresswoman Janelle Bynum issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) introduced the Launching with Healthcare Act to allow young adults to remain on a parent's health insurance plan through age 30. Under the Affordable Care Act, the current age cut-off is set at 26, assuming that most young adults would have settled into careers offering employer-sponsored insurance by 26. However, 15 percent of 26-year-old Americans are uninsured - the highest uninsured rate at any age.
Just last year, Republicans cut roughly $1 billion in federal healthcare spending in their One Big Ugly Bill, which Rep. Bynum voted against. Nearly 7.5 million Am...