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In the Media: Lynn Blewett Talks Health Insurance in Minnesota
Sep. 14, 2016 : SHADAC principal investigator Lynn Blewett was quoted in two recent articles by the StarTribune, commenting on insurance gains and characteristics of uninsurance in Minnesota. In an article published on September 13th, reporter Glen Howatt explains that uninsurance in Minnesota decreased between 2013 and 2015, reaching 4.5 percent in 2015. While this uninsured rate is the... Read more2015 ACS: Widespread State-level Declines in Uninsurance, with Inter-State Variation Persisting (Infographic)
Sep. 13, 2016 : The U.S. Census Bureau released new health insurance coverage estimates today from the American Community Survey (ACS). The new estimates show a nationwide drop in uninsurance from 11.7% in 2014 to 9.4% in 2015 (down 2.3 percentage points), translating to almost 7 million fewer uninsured Americans in 2015. This decline is consistent with the historic decrease seen between 2013 and 2014... Read moreNHIS: 2016 Uninsured Rates Stable, Disparities Persist
Sep. 07, 2016 : The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released the first early estimates of national uninsurance levels for 2016. Nationwide, the uninsurance rate among non-elderly Americans was 10.0% in the first quarter of 2016, which is statistically unchanged from 10.7% during the same period in 2015. Overall Stability in Uninsurance The new estimates, which come from the... Read moreSeptember 2016 SHADAC Newsletter Now Available
Sep. 02, 2016 : A new edition of the SHADAC newsletter is now available. See what SHADAC has been up to lately, view news from the states, and learn about data resources. HIGHLIGHTS • SHADAC's annual report, State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Insurance, shows that employer coverage from 2013 to 2014 was stable nationally and in 45 states... Read moreSHARE Grant Findings: More Insurance-Related Google Searches Occurred in Areas of High Uninsurance
Aug. 25, 2016 : Dr. Sarah Gollust of the University of Minnesota led a SHARE-funded analysis published online last month in Medical Care Research and Review (early view). The article is titled, “Search and You Shall Find: Geographic Characteristics Associated With Google Searches During the Affordable Care Act’s First Enrollment Period.” Policy-Relevant Analysis: Insurance Is Local In the article, Gollust... Read moreMore Employees Chose High-Deductible Plans in 2014
Aug. 19, 2016 : A new SHADAC analysis of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage found that: • The percentage of workers nationwide enrolled in high deductible health plans (HDHPs) offered by their employers increased by more than 14 percentage points between 2010 and 2014, growing from 20.8% to 35.2%. • More than a... Read moreCalifornia Employers Continue to Offer Insurance, but Fewer Workers Enroll (Cross-Post)
Aug. 16, 2016 : This blog was originally published on August 2, 2016, on the California Health Care Foundation's ACA 411 Insights Blog. Most Californians under age 65 with health insurance receive it through an employer, but since 2009 the availability of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in the state has been on the decline. A key question around the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was whether the... Read moreOn Point: Tracking the ACA in Kentucky
Aug. 10, 2016 : SHADAC has been engaged in a project sponsored by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky to assess the impact of the ACA in Kentucky over time. We are grateful for this opportunity and to be working with the foundation at a time of significant change. As part of our project work, we produce quarterly snapshots intended to provide the most up-to-date data available on... Read morePages
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