{"id":392934,"date":"2026-01-07T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/392934\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:03:12","slug":"republican-pa-candidate-wants-universal-healthcare-for-children-some-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/392934\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Pa. candidate wants universal healthcare for children, some others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DN4LD6M57VAGFM5XGUEZNG2PZY\">As millions of Americans face skyrocketing health insurance rates, a Pennsylvania Republican congressional candidate is proposing universal healthcare for children, young adults and expectant mothers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2HIQ46HLQFBDVKUJWSWHBL62XA\">Marty Young, a Republican running for the 6th Congressional District seat currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, has dubbed his proposal the Young Americans Plan (YAP). <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4QLCKY4NFFAI7LBFBGWKEVQCZA\">The 6th District covers most of Chester County and a portion of Berks County, including Reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QYJCAJBAGZGAJKXZBCFY7JTLTY\">\u201cAt some point, we have to stop confusing inaction with responsibility, said Young in a statement. \u201dJust as America guarantees public education for every child, we can and must guarantee their health. That isn\u2019t just common sense \u2014 it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DSQCBCLAGZGBZGYZ4IORYBBSLY\">He said that \u201chealthcare premiums routinely exceed mortgage or rent payments, and families are one medical emergency away from financial collapse or a GoFundMe.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LUDFJMDPIBAUPD7QPJT2NFM6NI\">Young\u2019s statement also acknowledges that his proposed plan \u201cwill surprise many, as a Republican, he is proposing guaranteed healthcare coverage.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CEDKVNF3CZEHHH2VPDFZIOKVMY\">An estimated 22 million Americans face skyrocketing premiums or the prospect of not having healthcare coverage after congressional Republicans rejected Democratic attempts to extend Obamacare, or Affordable Care Act, subsidies that expired at the end of 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ATQY3BSXOJFVHLRNJUTMEXPRSE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/23\/expiring-aca-subsidies-most-affected.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/23\/expiring-aca-subsidies-most-affected.html\">CNBC reported last month<\/a> that those mainly affected would be early retirees, middle-income families, small business owners, minorities, and residents of states that voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FEYGWCBQ3RD5LKSFJJGL5NFVJU\">\u201cThis is not a theoretical problem. It\u2019s payroll. It\u2019s jobs. It\u2019s families trying to do everything right and still falling behind,\u201d Young said in the statement. \u201cOur system keeps rewarding professional fraudsters, corrupt politicians, government bureaucrats, and insurance middlemen while patients and doctors lose control \u2014 and families pay the price.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H4CVQW4AZJCRFEPVCNZPKHE5FU\">Young said his YAP \u201cattacks this crisis at its core \u2014 guaranteeing that no child, young adult, or expectant mother goes without care they need, while removing these costs from family and employer budgets.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"D4WE3EKGURDMFJPKROLTZH5ZKM\">Under Young\u2019s plan, children would receive healthcare coverage up to age 23, including preventive care, vaccines, and mental health services, while expecting mothers would get coverage for prenatal care, delivery, pediatric visits and postpartum care through the baby\u2019s first birthday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As millions of Americans face skyrocketing health insurance rates, a Pennsylvania Republican congressional candidate is proposing universal healthcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-392934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}