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Blog: 2022 ACS: Declining Uninsured Rates for the U.S. and States are Supported by Private and Public Coverage Increases

Sep. 14, 2023:       Related Releases and Materials New Blog and Infographic CPS ASEC: 2022 National Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Show Falling Rates of Uninsurance and Direct-Purchase Coverage  The U.S. Census Bureau...Read More

Blog: CPS ASEC: 2022 National Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Show Falling Rates of Uninsurance and Direct-Purchase Coverage (Infographic)

Sep. 12, 2023:         Related Releases and Materials New blog and interactive maps 2022 ACS: Declining Uninsured Rates for the U.S. and States are Supported by Private and Public Coverage Increases Upcoming Webinar An...Read More

Report/Brief: Telehealth Use and Experiences Among California Adults (CHCF Brief)

Sep. 12, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF).  Author: Lacey Hartman, Senior Research Fellow, State Health Access Data Assistance Center California’s Medi-Cal program is leveraging telehealth to meet patient needs. Many...Read More

Blog: Exploring Cost and Coverage Rates in Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Infographic)

Sep. 05, 2023: Throughout the United States, a majority of Americans and their families receive health insurance coverage through their employer. In 2021, the number of people covered by this type of coverage—known as employer-sponsored insurance or ESI—exceeded 169 million. While a fuller picture of the coverage...Read More

Blog: New State Health Compare estimates on Adverse Childhood Experiences aim to improve understanding of health inequities

Aug. 28, 2023: SHADAC has posted updated estimates of the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to State Health Compare. These new estimates combine six years of data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) to enable more precise and granular estimates for smaller racial and ethnic...Read More

Blog: Supporting Families: Associations between Neighborhood Support and Child Health Outcomes

Aug. 24, 2023: Background The circumstances of peoples’ lives have great influence over their health, often much more than genetics or access to health care—a concept known as “social determinants of health.” One such social determinant is social capital, which includes the networks of relationships that...Read More

Report/Brief: Four Methods for Calculating Income as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Aug. 17, 2023: This updated SHADAC brief delves into four common methods for calculating income as a percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) using 2021 estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).  The BRFSS...Read More

Blog: Using Surveys to Monitor Coverage Transitions During the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement (Cross-Post)

Aug. 09, 2023: . The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.  Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Colin Planalp, SHADAC, and Kevin Caudill, GMMB The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition...Read More

Blog: SHADAC's Lynn Blewett Featured on 'Hospitals in Focus' Podcast

Aug. 03, 2023: SHADAC Director Dr. Lynn Blewett was recently invited to join Federation of American Hospitals CEO and President Chip Kahn as a guest on his podcast Hospitals in Focus to share her thoughts on the impacts of the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement. The “unwinding” is...Read More

Blog: Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign left vulnerable groups with lagging rates

Aug. 02, 2023:   Two years after COVID-19 shots became available, demographic disparities in vaccination rates were stark Health inequities are nothing new in Minnesota, but the pandemic placed them in a new light. Numerous studies have reported disparities in how COVID-19 affects many vulnerable...Read More

Report/Brief: Disparities in Minnesota’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Aug. 02, 2023: A new SHADAC issue brief found stark disparities not only in the share of subpopulations that have been immunized against COVID-19 in Minnesota, but also in the length of time it took vaccines to reach most people in these different groups. For instance, by the end of 2022, 80 percent of...Read More

Presentation: Data to Monitor the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement

Jul. 30, 2023: On July 27, 2023, SHADAC Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen presented to the Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition, Medicaid Unwinding Task Force. This presentation included a brief overview of the potential coverage impacts of the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage...Read More

Federal Survey Data Release Schedule

Jul. 26, 2023: Federal Survey Data Release Schedule American Community Survey (ACS)  An ongoing general household survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau provides annual estimates of health insurance coverage at the national, state, and sub-state geographies. Released September 14,...Read More

Report/Brief: SHADAC's 2020 Health Insurance Unit and Updated Defining Families Issue Brief

Jul. 20, 2023: In 2012, SHADAC created and released the SHADAC “Health Insurance Unit,” or “HIU,” to aid researchers in reconciling the differences between the way that a “family” is defined in federal surveys (such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey [ACS] or Current Population Survey [CPS])...Read More

Blog: Interventions Likely Prevented Childhood Poverty from Rising During the Pandemic

Jul. 20, 2023: Research has shown that since the start of the COVID-19 public health crisis, aggressive government interventions, aimed at reducing broader economic fallout as well as individual-level hardship, have been largely sucessful.1 To preempt a potential increase in poverty due to pandemic-...Read More

Blog: Best Practices for Publicly Reporting State Unwinding Data (Cross-Post)

Jun. 30, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.  Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, SHADAC Original publication date: June 30, 2023. The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage...Read More

Blog: Analyzing Forgone Care by Coverage Type: New on State Health Compare

Jun. 29, 2023: For most Americans, having health insurance is an important first step to being able to access and afford health care when it is needed. As shown in recent data published on SHADAC’s State Health Compare, adults with health insurance coverage were at least 79% less likely to report having...Read More

Report/Brief: Minnesota Health Access Survey 2021 Technical Report

Jun. 27, 2023: This report describes the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) data collection process and methodology, emphasizing the most recent administration of the survey completed in 2021. The 2021 MNHA represents the first time using a single address based (ABS) frame.  Overview of MNHA The...Read More

Blog: Staying Alive in America: Minnesota Public Radio Feature

Jun. 26, 2023: SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp recently joined Angela Davis on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News to discuss life expectancy in the United States. The segment centered on findings from multiple reports, including one out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which showed...Read More

Blog: Community and Uninsured Profile In Action: Local Case Studies

Jun. 08, 2023: With the recent end of the public health emergency and subsequent “unwinding” of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement, many Americans are now having to navigate changes in health insurance coverage. And while coverage transitions aren’t unique to this moment, the unwinding has spurred many...Read More

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