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September 22, 2009.  Today marks the release of the state and county health insurance estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS), showing 45.1 million uninsured people in the United States in 2008 (15.1% of the U.S. Read More

A new section of Minnesota Medicine's website, Reflections on Reform, features commentaries from physicians and health policy leaders on the topic of federal reform and the health care propo Read More

The U.S. Census Bureau has released health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS), showing that 45.1 million people in the United States were uninsured in 2008, representing 15.1% of the U.S. Read More

SHADAC's Lynn Blewett wrote about the latest numbers on Americans who lack health insurance in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) health reform blog. Read More

A summary of SHADAC's September 11, 2009, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the calendar year 2008 Current Population Survey data release is now available for download. Read More

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $70.9 million in grants to 13 states to support the expansion of health care coverage for their uninsured populations. Read More

Lynn Blewett's thoughts on President Obama's speech to Congress on Wednesday were featured on MinnPost.com; click here to view the article, "Two health-policy wonks weigh in on Obama speech Read More

September 10, 2009.  Today the U.S. Read More

September 10, 2009.  Today is a busy day at SHADAC because the Census Bureau released health insurance coverage estimates for calendar year 2008.  These estimates, from the Current Population Survey (CPS), show that 46.3 million people in the United States are uninsured, or 15.4 percent of the po Read More