VISIT STATE HEALTH COMPARE
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State Survey Workshop Recap
Jan. 26, 2009 : January 26, 2009. On Tuesday, January 13th SHADAC hosted a meeting in DC on, "Current Issues in Survey Methods for State Health Surveys" The two key topics for the day were: (1) the increasing use of cell phones and the barriers they create when conducting Random Digit Dial (RDD) telephone surveys; and (2) the Medicaid undercount. The meeting was very well received with more than 60 people... Read moreSHARE Grantee Joel Cantor quoted in New York Times
Jan. 21, 2009 : January 21, 2009. SHARE grantee Joel Cantor was quoted in the New York Times about the effectiveness of laws that allow young adults to be claimed as dependents on their parents’ health insurance plans. "We’ve reviewed the laws and regulations from all 25 states," said Cantor, the director of the Center for State Healthy Policy at Rutgers University, who is studying the national impact of the... Read moreUniversal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut Unveils New State Health Plan
Jan. 14, 2009 : January 14, 2009. The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut has spearheaded a coalition of Connecticut business and labor leaders, health providers, clergy, and health care advocates to produce a health reform proposal called "SustiNet: Health Care We Can Count On." The reform seeks to expands health care coverage and contain health care costs. Click here to view Policy Proposal (... Read moreMassachusetts State Health Survey
Jan. 05, 2009 : January 5, 2009. Sharon Long and her colleagues at the Urban Institute released the latest findings from the 2008 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS). There continues to be an increase in health insurance coverage since the Massachusetts health reform initiative in 2006, which included an individual mandate and the merger of the individual and small group markets. The newest estimates... Read moreAcademyHealth and Upcoming Policy Discussions
Dec. 19, 2008 : December 19, 2008. As many of you know, I have been elected to serve on the AcademyHealth's Board of Directors for 2009. I attended my first board meeting last week and am excited at the prospect of working with such a focused and dedicated group of board members and staff. John Colmers, the Maryland Secretary of Health and Hygiene, is the incoming Board Chair and I look forward to working again... Read moreSHARE funds new project in Maryland
Dec. 16, 2008 : December 16, 2008. To actively respond to exciting new state coverage initiatives, SHARE reserves some of its grant funding to commission research on reforms enacted outside the time frame of the formal CFP process. Our first commission will evaluate the Maryland Kid’s First Bill passed in March 2008. Maryland Kids First Act Outreach Evaluation Grantee Institution: Maryland Department of... Read moreSHARE Grantee Sharon Long to present early SHARE project findings
Dec. 16, 2008 : December 16, 2008. Sharon Long will present early findings from her SHARE project at the American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting in January 2009. Sharon will present her paper, "Early Evidence on the Impacts of Health Reform in Massachusetts" to the Public Economics and the Low Income Population session. Sharon’s SHARE project uses data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS... Read morePages
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