VISIT STATE HEALTH COMPARE
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Uncompensated Care in States That Do Not Expand Medicaid: A State-Level Simulation
Dec. 20, 2012 : December 20, 2012: States forgoing the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion are likely to leave a substantial uncompensated care burden on hospitals. This is the conclusion of a newly-released New England Journal of Medicine perspective piece by SHARE grantee John Graves, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. In the article, Dr. Graves provides a... Read moreLynn Blewett on Minnesota's Exchange Decisions (video)
Dec. 10, 2012 : SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett was recently interviewed by KARE11 (Twin Cities NBC affiliate) about Minnesota's preparations for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In a November 15th piece titled, "Minnesota Prepares for Obamacare," Dr. Blewett discussed the general characteristics of an insurance exchange, which populations will be using the exchange in Minnesota,... Read moreAmerican Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates Now Available
Dec. 06, 2012 : December 6, 2012: The Census Bureau today released summary tabulations from the ACS for the combined five-year period from 2007 to 2011. The ACS is based on completed interviews with almost 2 million housing units each year, and pooling a five-year period of survey responses provides sufficient sample to reliably generate statistics for areas with populations of less than 20,000 people,... Read moreHHS Extends Deadline to Submit Letter of Intent for State-Based Exchanges
Nov. 16, 2012 : November 16, 2012: In a letter to Republican governors, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius yesterday gave states until December 14, 2012, to submit a letter of intent to establish a state-based exchange, giving them an extra month to decide. Last week, Secretary Sebelius notified states that the deadline to submit blueprints for state-based insurance... Read moreLynn Blewett on Minnesota’s Post-Election Health Reform Prospects
Nov. 12, 2012 : November 12, 2012: Before last week's elections, the prospects for federal health care reform in Minnesota were murky, with Democratic Governor Mark Dayton in an implementation tug-of-war with the Republican-controlled Legislature. However, the forecast for reform is looking clearer now that control of the Legislature has shifted from Republicans to Democrats. The St. Paul Pioneer... Read moreHHS Extends Exchange Blueprint Deadlines
Nov. 09, 2012 : November 9, 2012: US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius issued a letter today notifying states that the deadline to submit blueprints for state-based insurance exchanges with a start date of 2014 has been extended from November 16, 2012 to December 14, 2012. States must still submit a letter of intent to establish a state-based exchange by November 16th. ... Read moreMinnesota's Individual Health Insurance Market: Reform Is Needed
Oct. 26, 2012 : October 26, 2012: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Two recent reports raise concerns about consumers’ out-of-pocket costs in Minnesota’s private individual health insurance market. These reports offer a firm reminder that although Minnesota has a relatively low uninsurance rate of 10.1 percent and a health care system with high marks for quality, cracks in the... Read morePages
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