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Fewer Families Burdened by Medical Bills
Mar. 05, 2015 : A new report by the National Center for Health Statistics indicates that fewer people under the age of 65 are living in families reporting problems paying medical bills. In 2014, approximately 47.7 million people under 65 years of age live in families with problems paying medical bills—down from 56.5 million in 2011. The report does not explore why the prevalence of problems paying medical... Read morePresentation: Webinar Feb 27th Highlighting State Health Policy Research in HSR
Feb. 25, 2015 : The Impact of Expanding Coverage HSR Theme Issue on State Health Policy Research Date: February 27, 2015 Time: 3:00 p.m. CST - 4:00 p.m. CST We invite you to join a webinar hosted by Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence (HPOE) and Health Services Research (HSR) journal that will highlight research evaluating the success of the ACA at the state level. In December, HSR published a... Read moreState Agency Governance of Health Insurance Exchanges
Feb. 13, 2015 : February 13, 2015 From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); In March 2013, Governor Mark... Read moreWebinar: Register Now: February 19th SHARE Webinar on Oregon's CCOs
Feb. 13, 2015 : SHARE will host a webinar on February 19th featuring findings from a SHARE-funded analysis of Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs), which are the state's version of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) for Medicaid. Oregon's Coordinated Care Organizations: Governance & Impact Date: February 19, 2015 Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. PDT... Read moreReport: Employer-sponsored Insurance Declines Among Workers Since Recession
Jan. 28, 2015 : Jan. 29, 2015: A new SHADAC report examining trends in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) before and after the Great Recession has found declines in the availability of ESI and the share of private sector workers covered by their employers since the economic downturn. This compares to a period of relative stability in the years leading up to the recession. From 2005 to 2009, the percentage of... Read moreNHIS: 10 States Saw Drop in Uninsured from January-June 2014
Dec. 19, 2014 : December 19, 2014 From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Tweet The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently released early estimates of health insurance coverage from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for January-June 2014. These estimates provide a look at the early impact the ACA has had on health insurance coverage during the first year of its access... Read moreCMS Announces $665 Million in Round Two SIM Awards
Dec. 17, 2014 : December 17, 2014: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the Round Two State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative awards. The awards, which exceed $665 million, will provide financial and technical assistance over four years to 28 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia, to support the design and testing of innovative health care payment and... Read moreSubmit Comments on Adding Marketplace Questions to the ACS
Dec. 01, 2014 : December 1, 2014: We want to make our colleagues in the health services research and policy community aware of a Federal Register notice about the American Community Survey (ACS). The notice addresses the potential removal of seven questions (1 housing, 1 education, 5 marriage) based on the results of the 2014 Content Review. This change may create an opportunity to add questions... Read morePages
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