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How Much Better is Medicaid than Marketplace Coverage at Easing the Burden of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Near-Poor Adults? (December 2016)

Nov. 21, 2016: Principal Investigator: Frederic Blavin, PhD, The Urban Institute The goal of this study is to inform expansion and non-expansion states of the effect of Medicaid expansion on out-of-pocket spending and the overall resources available to families. Using data from the 2014-2016 Current...Read More

SHADAC Newsletter: March 2016

Nov. 11, 2016: The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights. Click on the image below to download a PDF version of this newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Visit our Newsletter archive. Read More

SHADAC Newsletter - Special Data Release Edition

Nov. 10, 2016: The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights. Click on the image below to download a PDF version of this newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Visit our Newsletter archive. Read More

Video: Angie Fertig Discusses SHARE-Funded Study of Pent-Up Demand among New Medicaid Enrollees

Nov. 10, 2016: Dr. Angie Fertig, Research Investigator at Medica Research Institute (MRI), is featured in a new MRI Investigator Video in which she discusses her SHARE-funded analysis of pent-up demand among new Medicaid enrollees under the ACA. Check out the video below. Additional information about this...Read More

More Employees Chose High-Deductible Plans in 2015

Nov. 07, 2016: With the recent focus on health insurance coverage purchased through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, it is easy to forget that the majority of individuals are enrolled in health insurance through their employer (56% in 2015).[1]  This blog is the first in a series that highlights the...Read More

Media Messages and Perceptions of the Affordable Care Act: New SHARE Findings Published in JHPPL

Nov. 04, 2016: The research team led by Sarah Gollust (University of Minnesota) and Erika Franklin Fowler (Wesleyan University) released an article detailing findings from their SHARE-funded research in the Fall 2016 of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Research Question The paper, with...Read More

SHARE Research at APPAM: A State Perspective on the Coverage, Access, & Cost Impacts of the ACA

Nov. 02, 2016: The 2016 Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) begins tomorrow and runs through Friday in Washington, DC. The conference, which is mutli-displinary in nature, focuses on a range of current and emerging policy and management issues, including...Read More

Report/Brief: Comparing Federal Government Surveys That Count the Uninsured: 2016

Oct. 31, 2016: This brief provides an annual update to comparisons of uninsurance estimates from four federal surveys1: The American Community Survey (ACS) The Current Population Survey (CPS) The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Household Component (MEPS-HC) The National Health Interview Survey (...Read More

Study of the Impact of the ACA Implementation in Kentucky

Oct. 21, 2016: The Study of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Health Coverage, Access, Quality, Cost, and Outcomes in Kentucky (Study), funded by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, is a three-year mixed methods study analyzing the key effects of the ACA in Kentucky. The Study is conducted by...Read More

Journal Article: Lynn Blewett on Health Affairs Blog: Capping Enrollment in Minnesota’s Individual Market

Oct. 19, 2016: In a new piece on the Health Affairs Blog, SHADAC Principal Investigator Lynn Blewett discusses the recently announced plan, brokered by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, to cap enrollment in Minnesota’s individual market in an effort to prevent the market from collapsing. The Caps...Read More

Now Available: 2015 State and County Uninsured Estimates (ACS)

Oct. 11, 2016: SHADAC has produced tables of state and county uninsured estimates for 2015. These estimates come from the 2015 American Community Survey and were generated using the U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) tool. SHADAC’s tables provide uninsured rates by characteristics (e.g.,...Read More

Blog: SHADAC Newsletter: Data Release Re-cap, October 2016

Oct. 05, 2016: The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights. Click on the image below to download a PDF version of this newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter here. Visit our Newsletter archive. Read More

Presentation: Physician Participation in Medi-Cal: Is Supply Meeting Demand? (Webcast)

Sep. 26, 2016: This webinar was broadcast on September 27, 2016.     Download the presentation slides. Download the event transcript.   Event Description Dr. Janet Coffman, a health services researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, presented results...Read More

Journal Article: SHADAC Researchers Co-Author Article on Changes to the NHIS

Sep. 26, 2016: The American Journal of Public Health recently published an article authored by Lynn A. Blewett (SHADAC), Heather M. Dahlen (Medica Research Institute), Donna Spencer (SHADAC), Julia A. Rivera Drew (Minnesota Population Center), and Elizabeth Lukanen (SHADAC). The article, “Changes to Design of...Read More

Census Bureau Experts Examine Newest ACS & CPS Data during Annual Data Release Webinar on 9/21

Sep. 19, 2016: Update: Webinar slides, recording, and resources are now posted here.  SHADAC will host our annual webinar discussion of the newest health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) on September 21st. Data released last...Read More

Presentation: New Data from the ACS & CPS: Conversation with Census Bureau Experts (2016 Webcast)

Sep. 19, 2016: The webcast below was recorded on September 21, 2016. Download the presentation slides. View the event transcript.   Event Summary This webinar provided an overview of the 2015 health insurance coverage estimates from two key, large-scale federal data...Read More

2015 ACS: Variation in Public and Private Coverage at the State Level

Sep. 16, 2016: The U.S. Census Bureau released its full statistical portfolio for the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS), including state-level information about health insurance coverage by coverage type.   Public vs. Private Coverage: State Changes Varied from 2014 to 2015 The ACS found a 2.3...Read More

Kathleen Call Co-Authors Article on Barriers to Health Care Utilization

Sep. 15, 2016: SHADAC Investigator Kathleen Thiede Call co-authored an article recently released by Medical Care. The article, “Barriers to Care and Health Care Utilization Among the Publicly Insured,” examines the effect of selected barriers (including perceived patient, provider, and system-level...Read More

2015 ACS Tables: State & County Uninsured Rates

Sep. 15, 2016: The map on this page links to tables containing state and county uninsurance estimates for 2015.  These estimates come from the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) tool and were released on September 15, 2016. Due...Read More

In the Media: Lynn Blewett Talks Health Insurance in Minnesota

Sep. 14, 2016: SHADAC principal investigator Lynn Blewett was quoted in two recent articles by the StarTribune, commenting on insurance gains and characteristics of uninsurance in Minnesota.  In an article published on September 13th, reporter Glen Howatt explains that uninsurance in Minnesota...Read More

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