How One State Convinced Its 'Young Invincibles' To Get Health Insurance

NPR | By David Kestenbaum

Published April 24, 2014 at 4:37 PM EDT

A 2008 ad trying to convince uninsured Massachusetts residents to get signed up for health insurance.

Buying insurance doesn't always feel like it makes economic sense, especially for young healthy people. So why are they still willing to pay?

David Kestenbaum

David Kestenbaum is a correspondent for NPR, covering science, energy issues and, most recently, the global economy for NPR's multimedia project Planet Money. David has been a science correspondent for NPR since 1999. He came to journalism the usual way — by getting a Ph.D. in physics first.

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