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Minnesota State University, Mankato

2016

Health insurance

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Young Adults’ Attitudes And Perceptions On Health Insurance And Their Health Insurance Literacy Levels, Law Yang Jan 2016

Young Adults’ Attitudes And Perceptions On Health Insurance And Their Health Insurance Literacy Levels, Law Yang

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The purpose of this study was to determine health insurance literacy levels and assess attitudes and perceptions about health insurance among young adults aged 18 – 24 years. Data for this quantitative descriptive research was collected using the Health Insurance Literacy Measurement (HILM) tool in addition to 15 developed survey items. The survey was distributed to 233 student Minnesota State University, Mankato students. Overall findings of this research indicated that among sample young adults, most of the participants had positive attitudes and perceptions towards health insurance, such viewing health insurance as something important to them and important to their health. …