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Issue Brief: Lessons from Rhode Island's HEALTHpact Initiative

Mar. 04, 2010: March 4, 2010:  Edward Miller and the SHARE research team led by Vincent Mor have released an issue brief presenting summary findings from their evaluation of Rhode Island's HEALTHpact initiative.  HEALTHpact mandated that Rhode Island's health insurance carriers develop...Read More

Watch SHARE Webinar on Tax-Based Medicaid/CHIP Outreach

Mar. 01, 2010: March 1, 2010:  The SHARE webinar "Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach," was broadcast on February 24th, and a recording of the event is now available for viewing on SHARE's website.  The webinar features presentations by David Idala,...Read More

SHARE Webinar Available for Viewing: Tax-Based CHIP/Medicaid Outreach

Feb. 26, 2010: The SHARE webinar "Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach," is now available for viewing. The event was broadcast on February 24th and features presentations by David Idala, Director of Medicaid Policy Studies at The Hilltop Institute (University of Maryland, Baltimore...Read More

SHADAC-Enhanced CPS Estimates FAQ

Feb. 26, 2010: SHADAC has created an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).  This was done to account for methodological changes to the CPS. This document provides a Frequently...Read More

2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance Survey - Fact Sheet

Feb. 22, 2010: This fact sheet provides a summary of estimates of health insurance coverage gathered from the 2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance Survey. February 2010.Read More

Presentation: Overview of Federal Health Care Reform

Feb. 17, 2010: Presentation by Elizabeth Lukanen at the 2010 Annual Directors Meeting of REM Minnesota in Bloomington, MN, January 27, 2010.  | View | Upload your own  Read More

Anna Sommers' New Brief Examines Employer Participation in New Mexico's SCI Program

Feb. 09, 2010: February 9, 2010:  SHARE grantee Anna Sommers, of The Hilltop Institute (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), has released a new issue brief titled, "Small Business Participation in the New Mexico State Coverage Insurance Program: Evaluation Results." State Coverage...Read More

Minnesota Uninsurance Rates Increase

Feb. 05, 2010: February 5, 2010:  Minnesota released survey results showing that 9.1% of the state's population was uninsured 2009, up significantly from 7.2% in 2007.   Much of the increase was due to a decline in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. The increase is not a huge...Read More

New study finds increase in the number of Minnesotans without health insurance

Feb. 05, 2010: Estimates of health insurance coverage gathered from the 2009 Minnesota Health Access Survey reveal an increase in the number of Minnesotans without health insurance. The Minnesota Health Access Survey is a large-scale health insurance survey conducted jointly by MDH and the School of Public...Read More

Census Microdata Inaccuracies Revealed

Feb. 03, 2010: February 3, 2010:  Researchers from SHADAC and the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) were highlighted in the New York Times Freakonomics blog on February 2, 2010.  "Can you trust Census data?" by Justin Wolfers, showcased the work of MPC's Trent Alexander and NORC's...Read More

Oregon Opens Lottery for State-Subsidized Insurance to More Low-Income Adults

Feb. 03, 2010: February 3, 2010:  The state of Oregon has begun expanding the pool from which names of low-income adults are randomly drawn for enrollment in state-subsidized insurance coverage through the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), for which they are eligible through a 1115 Medicaid expansion...Read More

Journal Article: Complexities of health care for the very poor: Eliminating GAMC isn't a solution

Feb. 03, 2010: Blewett, LA.  "Complexities of health care for the very poor:  Eliminating GAMC isn't a solution."  Minnesota Physician, 23(9), Dec. 2009.Read More

Journal Article: Improving Geriatric Transitional Care through Interprofessional Care Teams

Feb. 01, 2010: Blewett, L., K. Johnson, T. McCarthy, T. Lackner, and B. Brandt. 2010. "Improving Geriatric Transitional Care through Interprofessional Care Teams." Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (16)1: 57-63. Read More

Journal Article: Counting Uninsurance and Means-Tested Coverage in the American Community Survey: A Comparison to the Current Population Survey

Feb. 01, 2010: Boudreaux M, Ziegenfuss JY, Graven P, Davern M, Blewett LA. 2010. "Counting Uninsurance and Means-Tested Coverage in the American Community Survey: A Comparison to the Current Population Survey." Health Services Research 2010 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01193.x. [Epub ahead...Read More

Presentation: SHADAC Resources

Feb. 01, 2010: Presentation by Lynn Blewett given during the NASHP Maximizing Enrollment for Kids Webinar, Jan 21 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More

Presentation: SHADAC: Overview and Evaluation

Feb. 01, 2010: Presentation by Lynn Blewett at the SHAP Grantee Meeting, Arlington, VA, Jan 14 2010. Read More

Stan Dorn: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies in the House and Senate Health Reform Bills

Jan. 25, 2010: The Urban Institute has released a new issue brief with findings from  RWJF's SHARE grantee Stan Dorn titled, "Reconciling House and Senate Health Reform Proposals: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies that Will Maximize Health Coverage among the Low-Income Uninsured." The brief,...Read More

Report/Brief: HIFA Evaluation Study

Jan. 24, 2010: Two reports were produced for the Second Phase of the HIFA Evaluation Study, Medicare/Medicaid Research and Demonstration Task Order Contract (MRAD/TOC) HHSM-500-2005-00027I, T.O. 2 These reports are not available for download at this time, but are available upon request to Dr. Kathleen Call,...Read More

Preliminary Results: Dependent Coverage Expansions Have No Net Impact on Likelihood of Being Insured

Jan. 21, 2010: January 21, 2010.  SHARE grantee Joel Cantor has released a new issue brief titled, "Dependent Coverage Expansions: Estimating the Impact of Current State Policies," in which Dr. Cantor and his research team write about state efforts to reduce the number of uninsured young adults by increasing the...Read More

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