Here's a fact you may not know: The fastest growing uninsured population in the U.S. is young adults--of the 6.6 million people that have joined the ranks of the uninsured since 2000, nearly half are 19-34 year-olds.

So, Colorado PIRG Student Chapters have launched Colorado Health Care Alert to "question the myth that young adults in the state don't carry health insurance because we think we are invincible! While there may be a minority of young adults who reject health coverage, the vast majority of us want health care but experience difficulty."

Find out what other young people are saying about how the health care crisis affects them. Tell your story, too, at CoPIRG Student Chapters' Colorado Health Care Alert

Ensuring affordable and safe health care is a priority for all the PIRGs. Here's more on our prescription drug and other health care reform programs from MASSPIRG and CALPIRG.