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Rockefeller Institute Reports Sharp Decline in State Tax Revenues
May. 15, 2009 : May 15, 2009. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government released a report on Wednesday showing that total 2009 first-quarter tax revenue declined in 45 of 47 early-reporting states. The report finds that overall tax revenues across the country declined by 12.6 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same quarter of 2008. Due to rising unemployment in every state,... Read moreNew Wireless Substitution Estimates Released
May. 07, 2009 : May 7, 2009. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released the latest wireless substitution estimates yesterday, reflecting data from July-December 2008. This information has been collected in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) since 2003 and reported every six months as part of NCHS's Early Release Program. This is the only nationwide estimate of the prevalence of wireless... Read moreSouthern Institute on Children and Families Releases New Report
May. 05, 2009 : The Southern Institute on Children and Families has released a new report titled "Medicaid and CHIP Retention: A Key Strategy to Reducing the Uninsured." Southern Institute's website, or click here to view the report. The new report summarizes information from an eight-state initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and offers new approaches to reducing the number of... Read moreRethinking Public Health Talk on May 6
Apr. 29, 2009 : May 6, 2009. "Rethinking Public Health in a Reformed Health System" will be presented by Dr. Anne Haddix, Chief Policy Officer at the CDC. The talk is free and open to the public. Wednesday, May 6, Noon to 1:30 PMHumphrey Institute of Public Affairs Cowles Auditorium301 19th Avenue South, West Bank CampusUniversity of Minnesota This talk explores the changing role of public health in the face... Read moreHRSA announces State Health Access Grants
Apr. 15, 2009 : April 15, 2009. The 2009 Labor, Health, & Education Appropriations Bill provides $75 million for a new State Health Access Grants (SHAG) program administered by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). States must demonstrate they have a program which will expand access to affordable health care coverage for the uninsured... Read moreSHARE Grantee Mark Hall Releases Issue Brief
Apr. 09, 2009 : April 9, 2009. The SHARE Issue Brief, “Section 125 Plans for Individual and HIPAA’s Group Insurance Provisions,” was co-authored by SHARE Investigator Mark A. Hall, J.D., of Wake Forest University Health Sciences along with his colleague from the University of Missouri Law School, Amy Monahan, J.D. The Issue Brief examines the specific legal considerations related to the Health Insurance... Read moreNew SHADAC State-by-State Analysis for Cover the Uninsured Week
Mar. 24, 2009 : March 24, 2009. Each spring we work with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to prepare a report for their Cover the Uninsured Week. Now in its seventh year, the campaign has become the largest nonpartisan mobilization in history seeking solutions for the 45.7 million Americans who are uninsured. This year’s report, just released, is titled "At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured... Read moreNew State-by-State Analysis Released for Cover the Uninsured Week
Mar. 24, 2009 : March 24, 2009. A new report, "At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured 1994-2007" was released in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Cover the Uninsured Week, March 22-28, 2009. Now in its seventh year, the campaign has become the largest nonpartisan mobilization in history seeking solutions for the 45.7 million Americans who are uninsured. The report, prepared by... Read morePages
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