Sep. 13, 2016:The U.S. Census Bureau released new health insurance coverage estimates today from the American Community Survey (ACS). The new estimates show a nationwide drop in uninsurance from 11.7% in 2014 to 9.4% in 2015 (down 2.3 percentage points), translating to almost 7 million fewer uninsured Americans...Read More
Sep. 13, 2016:Claire McGlave joined SHADAC in 2022 as a doctoral student in the Health Services Policy & Administration program. She is interested in reproductive health, hospital policy, and equitable access to care. Before coming to the U, Claire received her Masters in Public Health at the Harvard T.H....Read More
Sep. 07, 2016:The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released the first early estimates of national uninsurance levels for 2016. Nationwide, the uninsurance rate among non-elderly Americans was 10.0% in the first quarter of 2016, which is statistically unchanged from 10.7% during the same...Read More
Sep. 02, 2016:The SHADAC newsletter contains updates on SHADAC activities, news from the states, resource updates, and blog highlights. Subscribe to our newsletter here.
Visit our Newsletter archive.
Read More
Sep. 02, 2016:A new edition of the SHADAC newsletter is now available. See what SHADAC has been up to lately, view news from the states, and learn about data resources.
HIGHLIGHTS
•
SHADAC's annual report, State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored...Read More
Aug. 25, 2016:Dr. Sarah Gollust of the University of Minnesota led a SHARE-funded analysis published online last month in Medical Care Research and Review (early view). The article is titled, “Search and You Shall Find: Geographic Characteristics Associated With Google Searches During the Affordable Care Act’s...Read More
Aug. 19, 2016:
A new SHADAC analysis of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) coverage found that:
•
The percentage of workers nationwide enrolled in high deductible health plans (HDHPs) offered by their employers increased by more than 14...Read More
Aug. 18, 2016:
This annual SHADAC report examines state-level trends in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and the factors that influence ESI.
Download the report.
State-Level Summary Tables
SHADAC's 2016 report on employer-sponsored insurance is accompanied by state-level summary tables of key ESI...Read More
Aug. 16, 2016:This blog was originally published on August 2, 2016, on the California Health Care Foundation's ACA 411 Insights Blog.
Most Californians under age 65 with health insurance receive it through an employer, but since 2009 the availability of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in the...Read More
Aug. 10, 2016:SHADAC has been engaged in a project sponsored by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky to assess the impact of the ACA in Kentucky over time. We are grateful for this opportunity and to be working with the foundation at a time of significant change.
As part of our project...Read More
Jul. 14, 2016:The State Innovation Model (SIM) Program is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and administered by CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). SIM provides funding and support to states to transform their public and private health care payment and...Read More
Jul. 13, 2016:SHADAC faculty, staff, and students recently attended and presented at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Boston from Sunday, June 26th, to Tuesday, June 28th. SHADAC members also presented at and attended multiple Interest Group Meetings preceding the ARM on Saturday...Read More
Jul. 12, 2016:Natalie Schwehr Mac Arthur joined SHADAC in 2015 and currently serves as a Senior Research Associate. Dr. Mac Arthur’s research interests include health care equity, access, and quality. Her experience includes quantitative evaluation of health policies using a range of data sources including...Read More
Jul. 12, 2016:
Robert Hest joined SHADAC in 2017 and works as a Senior Research Fellow. Mr. Hest provides expertise in survey data, quantitative data analysis, data visualization, and health coverage policy.
Mr. Hest leads SHADAC’s work monitoring and investigating developments in the measurement of health...Read More
Jul. 08, 2016:
Poster by Donna Spencer and Christina Worrall at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 27, 2016, in Boston, MA.
View PDF of the poster.
Read More
Jul. 06, 2016:Grace Liu joined SHADAC in 2023 and works as a Research Analyst. She provides analytical support for a variety of projects at SHADAC. Prior to joining the SHADAC team, Ms. Liu worked at the Minnesota Department of Health where she performed complex data analyses on various benchmarks to better...Read More
Jul. 04, 2016:The following content is cross posted from California Healthcare Foundation. It was first published on May 25, 2016.
Authors: Amy Adams, California Healthcare Foundation, and Sam Patnoe, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
Newly available data on the...Read More
Jun. 30, 2016:
Poster by Giovann Alarcon, Kathleen Call, Stefan Gildemeister, Alisha Simon, & Sarah Hagge at the 2016 AcademyHealth State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, June 25, 2016, in Boston, MA.
View PDF of the poster.
Read More
Jun. 30, 2016:
Poster by Ann Bobst, Kristin Dybdal, Donna Spencer, & Lacey Hartman at the 2016 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 27, 2016, in Boston, MA.
View PDF of the poster.
Read More
Jun. 30, 2016:
Poster by Brett Fried, Elizabeth Lukanen, Kathleen Call, & Giovann Alarcon at the 2016 AcademyHealth State Health Research and Policy Interest Group, June 25, 2016, in Boston, MA.
View PDF of the poster.
Read More