{"id":1055,"date":"2025-09-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:01:24","slug":"listen-young-adults-turning-26-face-health-insurance-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/listen-young-adults-turning-26-face-health-insurance-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: Young Adults Turning 26 Face Health Insurance Cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN: Obamacare. COBRA. Deductibles. Coinsurance. There\u2019s a lot to figure out when you\u2019re on your own looking for health insurance for the first time. KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal appeared on WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d series on Sept. 24 to help young adults find a plan that meets their needs.<\/p>\n<p>Many young adults are staring down an \u201cinsurance cliff\u201d as they turn 26. That\u2019s the age when many can no longer stay on their parents\u2019 health insurance. If they can\u2019t get coverage through their job, they\u2019ll need to start looking for their own. The search can be nerve-racking and confusing. KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal appeared on WAMU\u2019s \u201cHealth Hub\u201d on Sept. 24 to share some tips for finding the right plan.<\/p>\n<p>Read her <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/guide-find-insurance-at-age-26\/\">full article<\/a> for more help starting your search.<\/p>\n<p>Already have an Affordable Care Act insurance plan? Check out KFF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/interactive\/how-much-more-would-people-pay-in-premiums-if-the-acas-enhanced-subsidies-expired\/\">premium calculator<\/a> to find out how much more you may have to pay next year if enhanced tax credits expire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/listen-wamu-health-hub-rosenthal-turning-26-insurance-cliff-aca-subsidies\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN: Obamacare. COBRA. Deductibles. Coinsurance. There\u2019s a lot to figure out when you\u2019re on your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangeladvertising.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}