Jul. 11, 2024:This update was posted on October 4, 2024 and uses data from the October 2024 release of the Household Pulse Survey, collected August 20 - September 16, 2024.
Important Note: This will be the final data release from the Household Pulse Survey, and the final update of this SHADAC...Read More
Feb. 07, 2024:The Opioid Epidemic in the United States
Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most starkly by the rise in deaths from drug overdoses. Since 2000, the annual number of overdose deaths from any kind of...Read More
Jan. 11, 2024:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADAC
This expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/reports go live. Please visit the State Health...Read More
Jan. 11, 2024:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADAC
This expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/reports go live. Please visit the State Health...Read More
Nov. 16, 2023:
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The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC
States, the federal government, advocates, and the media have all been closely tracking and monitoring the impacts of eligibility redeterminations...Read More
Nov. 01, 2023:During 2020 and 2021, the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, data show that drug overdose deaths did not subside or plateau, but unfortunately surged alongside the rise of the coronavirus. Growing death rates were driven by a substantive change in the very foundation of the opioid crisis,...Read More
Sep. 14, 2023:
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CPS ASEC: 2022 National Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Show Falling Rates of Uninsurance and Direct-Purchase Coverage
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Aug. 09, 2023:
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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
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
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
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
Mar. 22, 2023:Authors: Natalie Mac Arthur, Jeremy Duval, Kathleen Call
More than one-third of lesbian/gay adults in Minnesota reported experiencing discrimination from health care providers based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Feb. 15, 2023:Authors: Colin Planalp, MPA and Andrea Stewart, MA
Drawing on data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, this brief investigates the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disparities in ACEs exposure by children’s race, family income...Read More
Feb. 09, 2023:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Original publication date: February 9, 2023.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, SHADAC
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act implemented a Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement which...Read More
Jan. 20, 2023:The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies, published on January 19, 2023.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Robert Hest, SHADAC
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have played a key role in the response to the COVID-19...Read More
Dec. 09, 2022:Authors: Jeremy Duval, Natalie Mac Arthur, Kathleen Call
Definitions
Cisgender/cis: A person whose gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth.
Transgender/trans: A person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at...Read More
Dec. 05, 2022:Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) programs have played a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an important safety net for health insurance coverage for millions of people during this unprecedented public health crisis. The Families First Coronavirus Response...Read More
Nov. 18, 2022:
In more than 20 years, the overdose crisis has shifted and grown from prescription opioids to a range of illicitly trafficked drugs
Just over a decade after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared an “epidemic” of overdoses from...Read More
Jun. 07, 2022:June 7, 2022
Despite improvements, disparities in prevalence persisted
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the United States, anxiety and depression levels remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic rates. However, 2021 data shows a significant decline in reported anxiety and...Read More
Jun. 02, 2022:This report provides an overview of our topic areas, technical expertise, and partnerships as well as a glimpse into some of the work done at SHADAC in 2021. Click the report below to flip through our 2021 Annual Report.
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