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Pro: Will some young Americans opt out of health care coverage?

Some unlikely to pay for the Affordable Care Act

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Grace-Marie Turner

For McClatchy-Tribune

Updated: Jun 2, 2013, 5:00 AM

Published: Jun 2, 2013, 4:11 AM

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Virtually all Americans will be required to have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act starting in 2014, and President Obama especially wants young, healthy people to sign up. About two-thirds of the uninsured are under age 40. They use fewer health services, and their premiums are needed to help keep insurance costs down for everyone else.

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

Pete Hegseth — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

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