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New Issue Brief: Interagency Data-Sharing
Jan. 10, 2011: January 10, 2011: SHARE grantee David Idala has released a new issue brief detailing findings from his SHARE-funded study of Maryland’s Kids First Act of 2009. The brief, titled, “Overcoming Interagency Data-Sharing Barriers: Lessons from the Maryland Kids First Act,...Read MoreSHADAC/SHARE January 10 Newsletter Released
Jan. 10, 2011: View the SHADAC/SHARE newsletter for January 10, 2011. Read MoreJournal Article: Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts
Jan. 10, 2011: Presentation by Sharon Long, Karen Stockley (Urban Institute), and Shanna Shulman (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation) at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings, January 8, 2011 in Denver, CO. This research examines the impacts...Read MoreMEPS Resources Released
Jan. 07, 2011: Several resources for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) have recently been released. These include: tables for access to care, quality of care and expenditures for 2008; several statistical briefs, notably, "Health Insurance Status of Young Adults, Ages 22-26,...Read MoreMinnesota Governor Orders Early Medicaid Expansion
Jan. 06, 2011: January 6, 2011: In his first official act as Minnesota Governor, Mark Dayton ordered an expansion of Medicaid coverage for poor Minnesotans yesterday. It is projected that the expansion will immediately add 95,000 childless adults with incomes at or below 75 percent of the federal...Read MoreSHARE Special Issue of Health Services Research Released Online
Jan. 04, 2011: January 4, 2011: The February 2011 SHARE-sponsored special issue of Health Services Research (HSR) is now available online. This special issue includes eight articles that present and analyze findings from the first round of SHARE-funded research. The articles focus on state-...Read MoreJournal Article: Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico's State Coverage Insurance Program: Lessons for Federal Reform
Jan. 01, 2011: Sommers A, Abraham JM, Spicer L, Mikow A, Spaulding-Bynon M. "Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico's State Coverage Insurance Program: Lessons for Federal Reform." 2011 Feb. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01216.x Read MoreNAIC Adopts Model Exchange Act
Dec. 28, 2010: December 28, 2010: The Joint Executive Committee and Plenary Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met on December 16, 2010, and adopted a model law on health insurance exchanges. The American Health Benefit Exchange Model Act was...Read MoreSHADAC Closed During Holidays
Dec. 23, 2010: SHADAC's offices will be closed from December 24-31, reopening as usual on January 3, 2011. As such our phones will not be answered during this time. Some of our staff will respond to e-mail messages on December 28-30; if you do not hear back we recommend that any general...Read MoreThe Number of Cell Phone-Only Households Continues to Increase
Dec. 22, 2010: December 22, 2010: The National Center for Health Statistics has released their semi-annual update to the wireless substitution estimates, reflecting the first half of 2010. The publication, "Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview...Read MoreACS Uninsurance Estimates
Dec. 22, 2010: These files provide a summary of uninsurance estimates by state for the 2009 American Community Survey. The estimates are available in both PDF and Excel versions. The source for these estimates is SHADAC's Data Center. Read More98.1% of Massachusetts Residents Insured in 2010
Dec. 20, 2010: December 20, 2010: The 2010 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS) numbers were announced last week, revealing that an estimated 98.1 percent of all Massachusetts residents were covered by health insurance during the survey period (Spring 2010)—the highest coverage rate in the United...Read MoreData Center Updated with 2009 ACS Estimates
Dec. 14, 2010: SHADAC has updated its Data Center, an online table and chart generator tool, to include 2009 estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). This update also includes revised 2008 ACS estimates with the logical edits applied to assign some uninsured to coverage, as was done by the...Read MoreVirginia Judge Rules against ACA Coverage Mandate
Dec. 14, 2010: December 14, 2010: A Virginia federal district court judge ruled yesterday that Section 1501 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) exceeds the constitutional power of Congress. Section 1501—also known as the coverage mandate—requires that almost every U.S....Read MoreStan Dorn to Evaluate Lousiana's Express Lane Enrollment Initiative
Dec. 10, 2010: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for the simplification of enrollment in Medicaid, CHIP and the Exchange, building in part on express lane eligibility principles of minimizing the administrative requirements for applicants and facilitating the use of information from existing state and federal...Read MoreReport/Brief: A Summary of the American Community Survey Logical Edits Applied to Health Insurance Coverage
Dec. 10, 2010: This technical brief describes the logical edits applied to the health insurance coverage items in the American Community Survey. Beginning in 2009 the Census Bureau added a series of logical edits to the editing routine for health insurance coverage. These logical edits, which were...Read MorePresentation: Maximizing and Simplifying Enrollment: Options for Maryland
Dec. 08, 2010: Presentation by Stan Dorn to Maryland's Health Care Reform Coordinating Council at August 31, 2010, "Entry to Coverage" workshop. Mr. Dorn cites lessons learned from enrollment initiatives in Massachusetts and Louisiana, including the importance of prioritizing affordability and reducing...Read MoreSHADAC and SHARE News, December 2, 2010
Dec. 06, 2010: SHADAC and SHARE News, December 2, 2010. Download a PDF version of this file. Read MoreWyoming Governor Authorizes “Healthy Frontiers” Coverage Program
Dec. 01, 2010: December 1, 2010: Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal approved the operating plan yesterday for a health insurance demonstration project called “Healthy Frontiers.” The state-funded Healthy Frontiers will provide limited insurance coverage to working adults with incomes below 200...Read MoreJournal Article: Disparities in Public Use Data Availability for Race, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups: National Surveys for Healthcare Disparities Research
Dec. 01, 2010: Johnson PJ, Blewett LA, Davern M. 2010. "Disparities in Public Use Data Availability for Race, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups: National Surveys for Healthcare Disparities Research." Medical Care 48(12):1122-1127. Read MorePages
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