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
Nov. 11, 2016:The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights.
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Nov. 10, 2016:The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights.
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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.
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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
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
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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
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
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
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.
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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
Oct. 05, 2016:The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights.
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Sep. 26, 2016:This webinar was broadcast on September 27, 2016.
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Dr. Janet Coffman, a health services researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, presented results...Read More
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
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
Sep. 19, 2016:The webcast below was recorded on September 21, 2016.
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This webinar provided an overview of the 2015 health insurance coverage estimates from two key, large-scale federal data...Read More
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
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
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
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