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Media Messages and Perceptions of the Affordable Care Act: New SHARE Findings Published in JHPPL
Nov. 04, 2016 : The research team led by Sarah Gollust (University of Minnesota) and Erika Franklin Fowler (Wesleyan University) released an article detailing findings from their SHARE-funded research in the Fall 2016 of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Research Question The paper, with lead authorship from Dr. Fowler, examines the extent to which exposure to locally broadcast ACA-... Read moreSHARE Research at APPAM: A State Perspective on the Coverage, Access, & Cost Impacts of the ACA
Nov. 02, 2016 : The 2016 Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) begins tomorrow and runs through Friday in Washington, DC. The conference, which is mutli-displinary in nature, focuses on a range of current and emerging policy and management issues, including health policy. This year's conference theme is "The Role of Research in Making Government More... Read moreJournal Article: Lynn Blewett on Health Affairs Blog: Capping Enrollment in Minnesota’s Individual Market
Oct. 19, 2016 : In a new piece on the Health Affairs Blog, SHADAC Principal Investigator Lynn Blewett discusses the recently announced plan, brokered by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, to cap enrollment in Minnesota’s individual market in an effort to prevent the market from collapsing. The Caps The enrollment caps, along with significant rate increases, are aimed at preventing a market... Read moreNow Available: 2015 State and County Uninsured Estimates (ACS)
Oct. 11, 2016 : SHADAC has produced tables of state and county uninsured estimates for 2015. These estimates come from the 2015 American Community Survey and were generated using the U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) tool. SHADAC’s tables provide uninsured rates by characteristics (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, and poverty level) for both 2015 and comparison year 2014 for each state (and... Read moreJournal Article: SHADAC Researchers Co-Author Article on Changes to the NHIS
Sep. 26, 2016 : The American Journal of Public Health recently published an article authored by Lynn A. Blewett (SHADAC), Heather M. Dahlen (Medica Research Institute), Donna Spencer (SHADAC), Julia A. Rivera Drew (Minnesota Population Center), and Elizabeth Lukanen (SHADAC). The article, “Changes to Design of the National Health Interview Survey to Support Enhanced Monitoring of Health Reform Impacts at the... Read moreCensus Bureau Experts Examine Newest ACS & CPS Data during Annual Data Release Webinar on 9/21
Sep. 19, 2016 : Update: Webinar slides, recording, and resources are now posted here. SHADAC will host our annual webinar discussion of the newest health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) on September 21st. Data released last week from these annual surveys provide a picture of coverage at the national and state level under... Read more2015 ACS: Variation in Public and Private Coverage at the State Level
Sep. 16, 2016 : The U.S. Census Bureau released its full statistical portfolio for the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS), including state-level information about health insurance coverage by coverage type. Public vs. Private Coverage: State Changes Varied from 2014 to 2015 The ACS found a 2.3 percentage-point national increase in health insurance coverage between 2014 and 2015, from 88.3% to 90.... Read moreKathleen Call Co-Authors Article on Barriers to Health Care Utilization
Sep. 15, 2016 : SHADAC Investigator Kathleen Thiede Call co-authored an article recently released by Medical Care. The article, “Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured,” examines the effect of selected barriers (including perceived patient, provider, and system-level barriers) on past-year health care access as well as the magnitude of those barriers on health... Read morePages
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