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Now Available from State Health Compare: 2016 Data on Insurance Coverage, Medical Spending Burden, and Social Determinants of Health
Dec. 04, 2017 : SHADAC has updated six measures in State Health Compare to include estimates for 2016 for each state. The updated measures include: Health Insurance Coverage People with High Medical Care Cost Burden Unemployment Rate Income Inequality Adult Educational Attainment Children Considered to be Poor State Health Compare provides a deep dive into the first measure, allowing... Read moreDecember 5th Webinar: Impact of Medicaid vs. Marketplace Coverage on Out-of-Pocket Spending for Near-Poor Adults
Dec. 01, 2017 : SHADAC will host a coffee-break webinar on December 5th at 12:00 p.m. Central featuring Urban Institute's Dr. Fred Blavin, whose SHARE-funded research asks how medical spending burdens for near-poor families in non-expansion states would change if the states were to expand Medicaid. EVENT DETAILS ... Read moreState Implementation of the ACA’s Medicaid Smoking Cessation Provisions: SHARE Findings at Dissemination & Implementation Conference
Nov. 29, 2017 : Dr. Sara McMenamin of University of California, San Diego, will present results from her SHARE-funded research at the 10th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Presentation At-a-Glance Dr. McMenamin’s SHARE research examined state progress in implementing the ACA’s four provisions regarding Medicaid coverage for smoking cessation treatments. These... Read moreNHIS: Uninsurance Rates Held Mostly Steady in First Half of 2017 but Increased among Key Subgroup
Nov. 17, 2017 : Recent Gallup polls have shown adult (18+) uninsurance rates increasing in 2017, leading many to wonder whether federal survey data would show a similar jump in uninsurance. However, new coverage estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that uninsurance rates for nonelderly adults (18 to 64) held steady in the first half of 2017. Why the... Read moreEmployee Health Plans at Large Firms Paid for Smaller Portion of Medical Expenses in 2016 (Infographic)
Nov. 03, 2017 : The share of medical expenses paid by health plans for employees at large firms has been falling in recent years, dropping by 1.3 percentage points nationwide between 2014 and 2016, according to data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Across the country, these plans paid for 80.4% of the medical expenses of their enrollees in 2014, compared with 79.1% in 2016. This means if a... Read moreHow Do State Policy Decisions Impact Out-of-Pocket Spending & Health Insurance Coverage? SHARE Panel at APPAM
Oct. 30, 2017 : Findings from three SHARE-funded analyses will be the focus of a panel session at the 2017 APPAM Fall Research Conference in Chicago. The panel, "How Do State Policy Decisions Impact Out-of-Pocket Spending & Health Insurance Coverage? Evidence from Federal Survey Data," will feature the following presentations: The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Employer Provision of... Read moreNew Resource: State Fact Sheets on Health Care Access and Utilization from 2011 to 2015
Oct. 10, 2017 : SHADAC has produced a new set of state fact sheets that examine key indicators of health care access and utilization from 2011 to 2015 using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The fact sheets are available for all 50 states and the District of Columbia and look at access and utilization indicators for the population as a whole and by age (0-18 years, 19-64 years, and... Read moreNow Available: 2016 State & County Uninsured Tables, with Comparison Year 2015
Sep. 18, 2017 : SHADAC has produced tables of state and county uninsurance estimates for 2016 and comparison year 2015. These estimates come from the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau's American FactFinder (AFF) tool and were released on September 14, 2017. SHADAC's tables provide uninsured rates by characteristics (e.g., age, race/ethnicity,... Read morePages
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