I couldn’t help but get chills when I watched this video inspiring students to pursue science, technology, education and math (STEM) education courses where a student so poignantly says, “You don't really know something until you've done it hands on."
The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 20 percent of patients in the U.S. account for 80 percent of our healthcare costs. Beyond this, about 75 percent of our healthcare costs are spent on preventable disease, per the Centers for Disease Control.
As a late 20-something, I could very possibly be a member of the "young invincibles," a label used to describe people between 18 and 34 who do not have health insurance because they think they're, well… invincible (not to mention broke).