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2016 County Health Insurance Estimates Now Available
Mar. 28, 2018 : The U.S. Census Bureau released Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for 2016, providing estimates of health insurance coverage for all counties and states. The SAHIE program is the only source of single-year health insurance estimates for every county in the US. Estimates are available for each county by sex, age, and Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Race/ethnicity information is... Read moreFifty-State Analysis Finds Lower Access to Care among Adults with Less Education
Mar. 20, 2018 : A new analysis from SHADAC examines educational attainment and access to health care, looking at the extent to which adults (25 years and older) with different levels of education skipped needed care due to cost and did not have a personal doctor. These indicators are both available for all states in SHADAC’s State Health Compare. Skipping Needed Care Due to Cost The analysis, which uses... Read moreReport/Brief: SHADAC Brief Examines Minnesota's Accountable Communities for Health
Mar. 15, 2018 : SHADAC researchers released a new brief that provides the context surrounding the development and implementation of Minnesota’s Accountable Communities for Health, or ACHs, and describes key components of ACH models implemented across the state. The following are highlights from the brief. ACHs: Defined Minnesota's ACHs are community-led models of delivering medical and non-... Read moreReport/Brief: Which Minnesotans Were Uninsured in 2017?
Mar. 13, 2018 : Recent findings from the biennial Minnesota Health Access Survey show that Minnesota’s uninsurance rate grew significantly from 4.3 percent in 2015 to 6.3 percent in 2017. However, results also show that uninsurance rates varied among subpopulations in 2017, as did changes in these rates, with coverage holding steady for some populations from 2015 to 2017 while decreasing for others. Similarly,... Read moreReport/Brief: New Brief Examines State Health Compare's Estimates on State Funding for Public Health
Feb. 23, 2018 : A new SHADAC brief provides an overview of the most recent estimates for state public health funding on SHADAC's State Health Compare. About the Estimates Estimates of per-capita state funding for public health come from data collected by Trust for America's Health, which obtains its calculations using budget documents that are publicly available through state government websites.... Read moreNHIS: Coverage Changes Occurred among Key ACA Subgroups from First Three Quarters of 2016 to First Three Quarters of 2017
Feb. 22, 2018 : New coverage estimates from the National Health Interview Survey for the first three quarters of 2017 were published today and indicate few significant changes in health insurance coverage rates when compared with the first three quarters of 2016. At 12.7%, the uninsurance rate for nonelderly adults (ages 18 to 64) at the time of interview was stable, as were the rates of public coverage (19.5%)... Read moreReport/Brief: Minnesota's Uninsured Rate Climbed to 6.3 Percent in 2017
Feb. 20, 2018 : Minnesota saw a significant jump in its 2017 uninsured rate, which climbed to 6.3 percent from 4.3 percent in 2015. In all, about 349,000 Minnesota residents lacked coverage in 2017, which is about 116,000 more than in 2015. These new estimates come from the biannual Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA), which is administered by the Health Economics Program at the Minnesota Department of Health... Read moreReport/Brief: SHADAC Examines the Implementation of Section 1115 Medicaid Expansion Waivers: MACPAC Report
Feb. 20, 2018 : A SHADAC analysis of how four states implemented Section 1115 Medicaid expansion waivers is now available. These states—Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan—are among eight that have expanded their Medicaid programs through Section 1115 of the Social Security Act rather than through the expansion option available under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). About the Analysis SHADAC’s... Read morePages
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