Oct. 26, 2015:A new brief from SHADAC researchers examines 2014 estimates of the uninsured across five federal government surveys, comparing numbers at the national and state level. The brief is an annual update created for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Oct. 21, 2015:Elizabeth Lukanen disscussed Medicaid Expansion on a panel titled, "The Enrollment Rodeo: Who's Galloped in and Who will be Lassoed Next?" at the 2015 NASHP Annual Conference in October.
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Oct. 21, 2015:Donna Spencer disscussed Medicaid Expansion on a panel titled, "Medicaid Expansion: Staking New Ground and Corralling Cost Savings," at the 2015 NASHP Annual Conference in October.
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Oct. 21, 2015:Colin Planalp lead a lunch roundtable discussion on the topic of alternative benefit plans (ABPs) at the 2015 NASHP Annual Conference.
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For more information about Alternative Benefit Plans, please visit www.shadac.org/ABPslides
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Oct. 20, 2015:The 2015 Annual Conference of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is currently underway in Dallas, TX. This year's conference theme is "Blazing New Trails: Innovations in State Health Policy", and a number of SHADAC staff are lending their voices to the discussion:
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Oct. 20, 2015:This brief provides an annual update to comparisons of uninsurance estimates from five federal surveys: the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Household Component (MEPS-HC), the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and...Read More
Oct. 19, 2015:The U.S. Census Bureau released 2014 national health insurance coverage statistics from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS), along with select state-level estimates from the ACS. View the Census report.
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Oct. 12, 2015:Enrollment Reports by Date
Enrollment reports will be added as they are released.
Open Enrollment Period 3: November 1, 2015, to January 31, 2016
January 2016
Open and Special Enrollment Period 2: November 15, 2014, to February 15, 2015
March 13, 2015
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Oct. 12, 2015:Enrollment Reports by Date
Health and Human Services provided weekly updates of Open Enrollment Period 2 in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. The date of the hyperlink indicates the enrollment period covered by the report, not the report release date. Enrollment reports...Read More
Oct. 12, 2015:Enrollment Reports by Date
The ASPE Health Insurance Market Reports are available for Open and Special Enrollment Periods 1, 2, and 3. The date indicates the enrollment period covered by the report, not the report release date. Enrollment reports will be added as they are...Read More
Oct. 08, 2015:Employer Health Insurance Mostly Stable in First Year Post-ACA, but Some States Show Increased Take-up, Decreased Offer
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released its first state estimates of post-ACA employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) from the ...Read More
Oct. 08, 2015:Using the new detail level data available from the American Community Survey (ACS), SHADAC has produced state and county level tables and state-level maps on coverage that are available here. This blog provides an overview of the type of information that is available in the state profiles...Read More
Oct. 01, 2015:Call, K.T., Lukanen, E., Spencer, D., Alarcon, G., Kemmick Pintor, J., Baines Simon, A., & Gildemeister, S. (2015). "Coverage Gains After the Affordable Care Act Among the Uninsured in Minnesota." American Journal of Public Health 105(S5): S658-S664. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302837
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Oct. 01, 2015:Blewett, L., & Owen, R. 2015. "Accountable Care for the Poor and Underserved: Minnesota's Hennepin Health Model." American Journal of Public Health, 105(4): 622-624.
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Hennepin Health provides integrated medical and social services to low-income Medicaid patients in a large...Read More
Oct. 01, 2015:Presentation by SHADAC Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen at the 2015 Annual Conference of the National Association of State Health Policymakers (NASHP), in Dallas, TX, on October 21, 2015.
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Sep. 25, 2015:The map on this page links to tables containing state and county uninsurance estimates for 2014. These estimates come from the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) tool and were released on September 17, 2015. Due to...Read More
Sep. 22, 2015:While millions of Americans have newly gained health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is evidence that coverage alone does not necessarily translate into access to health care. This memo provides background information on health insurance literacy,...Read More
Sep. 17, 2015:Report prepared by SHADAC for the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access commission (MACPAC). MACPAC contracted with SHADAC to conduct a comprehensive scan of state-level Medicaid programs aiming to integrate behavioral and physical health care services. SHADAC then cataloged their structures,...Read More
Sep. 16, 2015:For the first time 2015 national level uninsurance estimates are available from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS).
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National Health Interview Survey
According to the NHIS, 9.2 percent of people of all ages nationwide...Read More