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Report/Brief: Issues for State High-Risk Pools with Implementation of National Health Reform
Jun. 01, 2010: SHADAC Issue Brief #20 addresses the history of state high-risk pools, provides information on individual state high-risk pools, states’ decisions about participation in the temporary high-risk pool created by national health reform, and concerns about the transition from state high-risk pools to...Read MoreMinnesota Uninsurance by PUMA
May. 20, 2010: This publication is a map of sub-state uninsurance estimates for Minnesota’s nonelderly population (age 0-64 years) from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS). The statewide uninsurance rate was 9.6 percent for this same population and data source. The large sample size of the American...Read MoreCantor and Monheit cited in new HHS rules regarding dependent coverage
May. 12, 2010: May 12, 2010 SHARE grantees Joel Cantor and Alan Monheit were cited in the new rules released by the Department of Health & Human Services regarding implementation of the new dependent coverage provisions included in federal health reform. The newly released rules, which can be viewed at this...Read MoreIRS Addresses the Dependent Coverage Expansion Provision of Federal Reform
May. 07, 2010: May 7, 2010: The recently passed federal health reform included a provision that allows dependent children under 27 years of age to be covered under their parent's health insurance plan. In response, the Internal Revenue Service has released guidelines regarding the taxation of...Read MoreStates Respond to Federal High-Risk Pool
May. 04, 2010: May 4, 2010: High-risk pools are designed for those with pre-existing health conditions who do not have access to employer-sponsored insurance. Many states operate high-risk pools. Last Friday, April 30th, marked the deadline for states to respond to Secretary Sebelius’ inquiry about...Read MoreNew Report Finds Data Matching to Determine Citizenship is Easing Burdens on States and Enrollees
May. 03, 2010: May 3, 2010: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new report, "New Citizenship Documentation Option for Medicaid and CHIP is Up and Running," with findings on the implementation of data matching to verify CHIP program applicants' citizenship status in...Read MoreLynn Blewett quoted in WCCO article on high risk pools
May. 03, 2010: In an article posted last week on wcco.com ("Pawlenty Opts Minn. Out Of High-Risk Health Pool"), SHADAC's Lynn Blewett provided information on Minnesota's existing high risk pool and provided commentary on Governor Pawlenty's decision to opt out of the national high-risk pool created under federal...Read MoreJournal Article: Immigrant Children's Access to Health Care: Differences by Global Region of Birth
May. 01, 2010: Blewett LA, Johnson PJ, Mach AL. 2010. "Immigrant Children's Access to Health Care: Differences by Global Region of Birth." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 21(2 Suppl):13-31. Read MoreHealthreformGPS.org launched - website to track federal reform implementation
Apr. 30, 2010: April 30, 2010 This week the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program at George Washington University released www.healthreformGPS.org, a website dedicated to analyzing and explaining the implementation of federal health reform. The web portal provides...Read MoreColorado estimates 200,000 newly eligible for Medicaid
Apr. 28, 2010: April 28, 2010: The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) has released an issue brief detailing the impact of state and federal health reforms on uninsured working-age adults (ages 19-64) in Colorado. Using the 2008 American Community Survey, CHI estimates that more than 27,000 parents and...Read MoreReport/Brief: Income Data for Policy Analysis
Apr. 26, 2010: This report is a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the income data and their utility for policy-related analyses in eight major surveys: the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS); the American...Read MoreReport/Brief: Comparison of the Health Insurance Coverage Estimates
Apr. 26, 2010: This report provides a comparison of four national surveys that measure health insurance coverage to asess fundamental methodological issues that impact the variation in health insurance coverage estimates seen among these surveys. The surveys compared include the Current Population Survey’s...Read MoreSHARE Webinar Available for Viewing: Expanding Dependent Coverage
Apr. 22, 2010: The SHARE webinar titled, "The Impact of Extending Dependent Insurance Coverage to Young Adults," is now available for viewing. The event was broadcast on April 21 and features presentations by SHARE Grantee Joel Cantor (Rutgers University) and Troy Oechsner, Deputy Superintendent of Health for...Read MorePresentation: SHARE Webinar: The Impact of Extending Dependent Insurance Coverage to Young Adults
Apr. 21, 2010: This webinar features presentations from SHARE grantee Joel Cantor (Rutgers University) and Troy Oechsner (Deputy Superintendent of Health, State of New York) on states' implementation of dependent coverage expansions and the effectiveness of such reforms in...Read MoreJoel Cantor Releases New Dependent Coverage Findings, Will Discuss during SHARE Webinar
Apr. 15, 2010: April 15, 2010: Joel Cantor has released a new issue brief titled, "The Impact of State Dependent Coverage Expansions on Young Adult Insurance Status: Further Analysis." In the brief, Dr. Cantor and co-authors use data from the Current Population Survey to evaluate the...Read MoreMinnesota health reform resources page posted
Apr. 14, 2010: SHADAC has established a web page of resources for the health reform initiatives in Minnesota, including the Minnesota state health reform of 2008, the implementation issues surrounding the federal health reform legislation of 2010, and related reports and presentations. This page was established...Read MoreJournal Article: Complex Sample Design Effects and Health Insurance Variance Estimation
Apr. 09, 2010: Nielsen RB, Davern M, Jones, Jr. A and Boies JL. 2009. "Complex Sample Design Effects and Health Insurance Variance Estimation." Journal of Consumer Affairs, 43(2): 346-66.Read MoreJournal Article: An Examination of the Medicaid Undercount in the Current Population Survey (CPS): Preliminary Results from Record Linking
Apr. 09, 2010: Davern M, Klerman JA, Baugh D, Call KT and Greenberg G. 2009. "An Examination of the Medicaid Undercount in the Current Population Survey (CPS): Preliminary Results from Record Linking." Health Services Research, 44(3): 965-987. This article examines why the Current Population Survey (CPS)...Read MorePages
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