Sep. 06, 2017:
Chartbook
This SHADAC chartbook uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) to highlight the experiences of private-sector workers with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) from 2012 through 2016 at the national level and in...Read More
Sep. 01, 2017:New 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) estimates are now available on State Health Compare. These estimates are available for all states and can be viewed by educational attainment and race/ethnicity.
Snapshot of Findings: Binge Drinking
In 2016, rates of binge...Read More
Sep. 01, 2017:Click an orange highlighted state to view its State-Based Marketplace enrollment reports.
Links to enrollment reports from ASPE, CMS, and SHADAC are available below the map.
All reports are posted for open enrollment periods one, two, and three unless they were not...Read More
Aug. 29, 2017:The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released the first early estimates of national uninsurance levels for 2017. Nationwide, 10.3% of nonelderly Americans (ages 0 to 65) were uninsured during the first quarter of 2017. This level is statistically unchanged from 10.0% during the...Read More
Aug. 24, 2017:SHADAC’s State Health Compare now includes data on sales of the prescription opioid painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone.1
Prescription sales data are available for each state and the nation from 2000 through 2016 and are measured in annual kilograms of oxycodone and hydrocodone sold per 100,...Read More
Aug. 18, 2017:From the Desk of Lynn Blewett
Minnesota insurance companies filed their preliminary premium rates for plans sold on the individual health insurance market. The rate increases for 2018 are much lower than the rate increases seen last year when premiums increases were as high as 50 to 67 percent...Read More
Aug. 09, 2017:The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights. Subscribe to our newsletter here.
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Aug. 01, 2017:The majority of people in the United States are enrolled in health insurance their own or a family member’s employer,1 and new data show that the national average annual premium price for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage continued trending upward in 2016, although at a slow pace...Read More
Jul. 20, 2017:The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released 2016 estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel – Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) on private sector employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage, premiums, and deductibles. Highlights from the national tables are available in...Read More
Jul. 18, 2017:The problem of opioid abuse—including heroin and prescription painkillers—has recently received increased attention as the number of deaths from opioid overdoses has increased dramatically and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared overdoses from prescription painkillers...Read More
Jul. 12, 2017:On July 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Human Services, along with the Department of the Treasury, approved Alaska's 1332 Waiver proposal seeking federal funding of its state-based reinsurance proposal. The state was awarded $48.3 million in federal pass-through funding in 2018 and a total of...Read More
Jul. 03, 2017:SHADAC analysis finds that aligning measures across federal reporting requirements and core measure sets could address important gaps.
It is challenging to measure the quality of care delivered to Medicaid beneficiaries with behavioral health needs or those who use home and community-based...Read More
Jun. 30, 2017:
The problem of opioid abuse—including heroin and prescription painkillers—has recently received increased attention as the number of deaths from opioid overdoses as increased dramatically and since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared overdoses from prescription...Read More
Jun. 22, 2017:The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights. Subscribe to our newsletter here.
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Jun. 21, 2017:A number of SHADAC researchers and SHARE grantees will be presenting their research at the 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in New Orleans from Sunday, June 25th to Tuesday, June 27th, and at the Interest Group Meetings on Saturday, June 24th. Their presentations include:...Read More
Jun. 13, 2017:The number of annual deaths from drug overdoses in the United States has tripled in the past 15 years, from 17,500 in 2000 to 52,500 in 2015.[i] Most of these deaths involved opioids, including heroin and prescription painkillers.[ii] Although the incidence of opioid-related deaths has grown for...Read More
May. 30, 2017:A new brief from SHADAC examines Google Trends as a source of internet search data and provides an example of how researchers are using these data to study health policy under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) SHARE program.
The brief authors note that the...Read More
May. 30, 2017:This brief describes a rich source of internet search data--Google Trends--and provides an example of how researchers are using these data to study health policy.
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Access additional content from the SHARE-funded research project led by Dr. Sarah Gollust and...Read More