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Google Trends: A Rich Source of Data for Health Policy Analysis - New Brief
May. 30, 2017 : A new brief from SHADAC examines Google Trends as a source of internet search data and provides an example of how researchers are using these data to study health policy under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) SHARE program. The brief authors note that the data available through Google Trends can be used to study health policy at both the state and sub-... Read moreNew NHIS Data: Insurance Coverage Mostly Stable in 2016
May. 17, 2017 : The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for 2016 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. These are the first available full-year coverage estimates for 2016 from a federal survey, with full-year estimates also available for 45 states. The National Story: Coverage Was Largely... Read moreUsing State Health Compare to Analyze Estimates of Health Care Access, Cost, and Utilization
May. 16, 2017 : State Health Compare is a new, user-friendly online tool from SHADAC for obtaining and comparing state-level estimates related to health and health care. How Did SHADAC Generate State-Level NHIS Estimates? SHADAC is able to produce state-level estimates from the National Health Interview Survey... Read moreNew Analysis Shows Impact of ACA on Uninsured by Congressional District
May. 12, 2017 : A new SHADAC analysis[i] provides information about the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the uninsured by Congressional District, for all 50 states (435 Congressional Districts). The analysis, funded by the California Health Care Foundation, includes detailed infographics and data tables illustrating changes in the number and rate (percentage) of uninsured between 2013 and... Read moreAnnouncing: State Health Compare, a New Online Tool to Study State Health Estimates
May. 01, 2017 : SHADAC invites you to explore State Health Compare, a new, user-friendly online tool for obtaining and comparing state-level estimates related to health and health care. State Health Compare combines estimates previously available separately through the SHADAC Data Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Data Hub. The new, merged tool brings together estimates on a wide... Read moreLynn Blewett on Health Affairs Blog: How Minnesota Is Stepping Up to Preserve its Individual Market
Apr. 18, 2017 : In a new piece on the Health Affairs Blog, SHADAC Principal Investigator Lynn Blewett explains how Minnesota has emerged as an active state in terms of moving ahead on health care reform. Dr. Blewett's post discusses the state's decision to cap marketplace enrollment as well as the Minnesota legislature's move to pass a premium relief rebate bill. This piece... Read moreSince the ACA, High-Burden Health Spending Declined among Individual-Market and Medicare Beneficiaries
Apr. 12, 2017 : A new SHADAC analysis shows a statistically significant decline in high-burden health care spending among people with individual-market coverage since the 2014 implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These and other findings are described in a new brief, funded by the California Health Care Foundation, that examines changes in U.S.- and state-level measures of financial burden and cost-... Read moreImplications of Repeal and Replacement of the Affordable Care Act for the Health Insurance Coverage Gap
Mar. 28, 2017 : The content below is cross-posted from The Gender Policy Report from the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs. In 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded Medicaid and established health insurance exchanges for people to purchase private health insurance with subsidies. This led to significant gains in health... Read morePages
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