In case young people needed any more bad news about the likely impact for them of the 2010 federal health care law, the National Center for Public Policy Research is happy to oblige. Amy Ridenour assesses new Obamacare data for her National Center blog.

[T]he Department of Health and Human Services released premium data on the 36 federal exchanges. The data largely confirms what was found in our recent study, “ObamaCare Exchanges: Just Because You Are Eligible For A Subsidy Doesn’t Mean You Will Qualify.”

First, our study found that many “Young Invincibles”—those ages 18-34—will not be receiving a subsidy for their insurance from the exchange despite having incomes below 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL) or $45,960 annually. Second, we found that in most states subsidies will extend up to 400% FPL for those age 52 and older. Let’s examine each of those findings in light of the federal data.

Of the 15 exchanges we examined in the study, none had subsidies extending to 400% FPL for anyone age 34 or younger who is single and without children. In eleven of the exchanges, subsidies stopped before 300% FPL ($34,470).

The federal data shows that in only one state, Wyoming, do subsidies extend to 400% FPL for anyone age 34 or younger. In 23 of the state exchanges, subsidies stopped before 300% FPL for those ages 18-34: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.

In North Carolina, Ridenour reports that subsidies for a 34-year-old would end at an income of $35,504, or 309 percent of the federal poverty level.

As we noted in our study, “With a subsidy structure that makes insurance less attractive to the young and healthy but quite attractive to those who are older and sicker, the ObamaCare exchanges are likely headed for an insurance “death spiral.” The federal data bolsters that claim.