The results from the 2009 Internet Survey of the Health and Retirement Study also showed that single women and blacks are most likely to make involuntary spending changes to their healthcare. Roughly 22.8 percent of single women altered their prescription drug habits, and 24.8 percent of single women skipped or postponed physician appointments. Those figures were 25.9 percent and 27.3 percent, respectively, for blacks.
The EBRI also indicated that the percentage of young adults aged 19 to 25 who are dependents on employment-sponsored health plans has increased. Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enacted in March 2010 to March 2011, young adults named as dependents on employer-based health insurance rose from 24.7 percent to 27.7 percent.
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