VISIT STATE HEALTH COMPARE
Thoughts, insights and analysis from SHADAC experts
Estimates of the Medicaid Expansion Population Incorporating Potential Opt-Out States
Sep. 04, 2012 : September 3, 2012: A key outcome of the US Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is that states can opt out of the Medicaid expansion without penalty. Prior to the Supreme Court decision, the ACA had required states to set a 2014 universal eligibility standard of 138 percent of the federal poverty level (about $32,000 for a family of four in 2012) regardless of age,... Read moreCensus Bureau Releases 2010 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates
Aug. 30, 2012 : August 29, 2012: The US Census Bureau has released 2010 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for all counties and states. Estimates are available for each county by sex, age, and Federal Poverty Level (FPL), including a poverty category for income at or below 138 percent FPL (i.e., the point at which Medicaid eligibility will be capped in states that choose expand Medicaid under... Read moreNew Report: Safety Net Programs Working for Kids
Aug. 29, 2012 : SHADAC released a new state-level report, "Keeping Kids Covered: Number of Children with Health Coverage Increases During Economic Downturn." This report analyzes recent trends in health insurance coverage for children at the state level between 2008 and 2010. The percentage of children with public coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)... Read moreSHADAC and SHARE August 14 Newsletter Released
Aug. 14, 2012 : SHADAC and SHARE's newsletter provides up-to-date information on recent publications and presentations, news from and about the states, and announcements of upcoming events. Stay informed by signing up for our email list. Visit our newsletter archive. Read moreEmployer Surveys Converge on Likely Insurance Drop Rate of 8 to 10%
Jul. 30, 2012 : July 30, 2012: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett The most recent in a line of employer benefit surveys--this one administered by Deloitte—finds that nine percent of companies expect to stop offering health coverage in the next one to three years, 81 percent plan to continue offering coverage, and 10 percent are not certain what they will do. Most employers reported that... Read more2011 Employer-Sponsored Coverage Estimates Available
Jul. 27, 2012 : The 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) tables have been released on the MEPS Website. SHADAC updated our tables of estimates related to employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in firms with 50 to 99 employees, made available by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS IC). These... Read moreSHADAC Projection Model: A New Tool that States Can Use to Estimate the Coverage Impacts of Health Reforms
Jul. 26, 2012 : July 26, 2012: SHADAC Deputy Director Julie Sonier has authored a new brief, “Predicting the Health Insurance Impacts of Complex Policy Changes: A New Tool for States,” in which she provides an overview of the new SHADAC Projection Model. The SHADAC Projection Model is a complex spreadsheet model that states can use to project the impacts of complex policy changes on health... Read moreNew SHARE Grants Awarded
Jul. 19, 2012 : The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE), a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that is operated by SHADAC, has awarded nine new grants to fund research addressing health reform issues that states face as they work to improve coverage and access. This is SHARE’s third round of grants since the program began in 2007 with the goal of supporting rigorous... Read morePages
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