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Presentation: Changing Trends in Employer-Sponsored Insurance After the Affordable Care Act

Mar. 04, 2016: Presentation by Carrie Suplick Benton  at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.  View a PDF of the presentation slides. Read More

Presentation: Evaluation of Healthy Savings Program, A Health Insurance-Based Program for Healthy Food Purchases

Mar. 03, 2016: Presentation by Xuyang Tang at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.  View a PDF of the presentation slides. Read More

Presentation: Adding complexity to an already difficult task Monitoring the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the Misreporting of Medicaid Coverage

Mar. 03, 2016: Presentation by Brett Fried at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.  View a PDF of the presentation slides. Read More

Presentation: Overview of the MNHA Survey, Methodology, and Evidence of the Impact of the ACA on Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota

Mar. 03, 2016: Presentation by Kathleen Call at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.  View PDF of the presentation slides.  Read More

Presentation: Presentation: Post-Reform Changes in Health Care Access and Affordability in Minnesota

Mar. 03, 2016: Presentation by Giovann Alarcon at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.  View a PDF of the presentation slides  Read More

Presentation: The Changing Demographics of the Uninsured in Minnesota and the Nation

Mar. 03, 2016: Elizabeth Lukanen presentation, The Changing Demographics of the Uninsured in Minnesota and the Nation," at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota.  View PDF of presentation slides Read More

Presentation: Minnesota’s Accountable Communities for Health: Lessons from the First Year

Mar. 03, 2016: Presentation by Donna Spencer at the 2016 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2016, in St. Paul, MN.  View a PDF of the presentation slides. Read More

Report/Brief: Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota: Results from the 2015 Minnesota Health Access Survey

Feb. 29, 2016: This issue brief summarizes a set of findings from the 2015 Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA). The MNHA is a biennial state population telephone survey, conducted in partnership between the Health Economics Program at the Minnesota Department of Health and the State Health Access Data...Read More

Lots to Celebrate: Minnesota Sees Lowest Uninsured Rate Ever at 4.3%

Feb. 29, 2016: New estimates from the Minnesota Health Access Survey reveal a significant reduction in rates of uninsured for Minnesota from 8.2% in 2013 to 4.3% in 2015 (Figure 1). Some 200,000+ uninsured now have coverage thanks in part to the access provisions included in the Affordable Care Act – the...Read More

Report/Brief: State Level Trends in Children's Health Insurance Coverage, 2010-2014

Feb. 11, 2016: This in-depth report examines data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to compare health insurance coverage from 2013 to 2014 and to detail five-year coverage trends (2010 to 2014) for children nationwide and at the state level for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. ...Read More

New SHADAC Report Examines National & State Trends in Kids Coverage

Feb. 11, 2016: SHADAC released its 2016 annual report on children's health insurance coverage today. The report uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) to compare coverage between 2013 and 2014 and examine five-year coverage trends (2010-2014) both nationwide and at...Read More

Update on Early Retiree Health Benefits and MNsure

Feb. 05, 2016: Two years ago I authored a blog on early retirees flooding the health insurance marketplaces. While there wasn’t exactly a flood, there was an increase from 2015 to 2016 in the proportion of older enrollees (ages 55-64) in coverage obtained through MNsure.     Source: ...Read More

Pam Suneson, BA

Feb. 03, 2016: Pam Suneson joined the SHADAC team in March of 2015 as the Executive Office Administrative Specialist. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and has previous experience within health care, printing, financial, education, and travel industries. Ms. Suneson provides...Read More

Presentation: State-Level Estimates from the NHIS Restricted Data: Analysis to support states' implementation and evaluation of the ACA

Feb. 02, 2016: Presentation by Joanna Turner at the 2015 Federal Conference on Statistical Methodology on December 2, 2015, in Washington, DC. Download a PDF of the presentation slides.   Read More

Minnesota should keep our State-Based Marketplace. Here's why.

Feb. 01, 2016: Earlier this month, the Minnesota Health Care Financing Task Force, of which I am a member, recommended that Minnesota continue operating MNsure as a State-Based Marketplace (SBM) rather than switch to a Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM). I agreed with the recommendation. Here's why:...Read More

Journal Article: Residential High-Speed Internet Among Those Likely to Benefit from an Online Health Insurance Marketplace

Jan. 20, 2016: Boudreaux, M.H., Gonzales, G., Blewett, L., Fried, B., & Karaca-Mandic, P. (2016). "Residential High-Speed Internet Among Those Likely to Benefit From an Online Health Insurance Marketplace." Inquiry 53. doi: 10.1177/0046958015625231 Read More

INFOGRAPHIC - 2016 OEP: January Marketplace Enrollment Highlights

Jan. 11, 2016: The office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) realeased national and state-level enrollment-related information for the first two months of the Health Insurance Marketplace 2016 open enrollment period (11-1-15 to 12-26-15).   Download here: ASPE 2016...Read More

State and County Coverage Estimates, 2010-2014 ACS

Dec. 17, 2015: Use this clickable map to see state and county health insurance coverage estimates for the pooled years 2010-2014.  Counties are searchable by bookmark in each state file. 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates: Percent Uninsured, Total Civilian...Read More

SHADAC Is Hiring

Dec. 14, 2015: SHADAC is seeking applicants for the position of Research Coordinator (Research Professional 3). The Research Coordinator will provide professional research and technical support to research projects related to state health policy, healthcare delivery and payment reforms, and evaluation. This...Read More

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