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Upcoming SHARE Webinar: Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach

Jan. 11, 2010: January 11, 2010:  We invite you to join SHARE as we host a webinar featuring SHARE grantee David Idala, Director of Medicaid Policy Studies at The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  David will discuss the use of income tax information to target...Read More

Upcoming SHARE Webinar: Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach

Jan. 08, 2010: As the federal health reform discussion moves forward, questions about implementing coverage expansions are becoming increasingly significant.   One particularly critical question is how to identify the population that will be newly eligible for public programs, like Medicaid, in order to...Read More

Journal Article: The Importance of Geographic Data Aggregation in Assessing Disparities in American Indian Prenatal Care

Jan. 01, 2010: Johnson, P.J., K.T. Call, L.A. Blewett. "The Importance of Geographic Data Aggregation in Assessing Disparities in American Indian Prenatal Care." American Journal of Public Health 100(1): 122-128. Read More

Report/Brief: SHADAC-Enhanced CPS Health Insurance Coverage Estimates

Dec. 30, 2009: 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. The applied enhancements are outlined...Read More

United Way Leadership Forum: The New Faces of the Uninsured

Dec. 17, 2009: Lynn Blewett presented at the United Way Leadership Forum, titled, "The New Faces of the Uninsured," held on Dec. 2, 2009, at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. View the event summary Lynn spoke to attendees on the potential impact of health reform on low-...Read More

SHARE Grantee Joel Cantor Quoted in Congressional Quarterly

Dec. 16, 2009: December 16, 2009:  SHARE grantee Joel Cantor was interviewed recently by Congressional Quarterly for a December 11 story on the broad political appeal of expanding young adult dependent coverage.  When asked about the actual impact of young adult expansion on the number of uninsured...Read More

Journal Article: The Importance of Geographic Data Aggregation in Assessing Disparities in American Indian Prenatal Care

Dec. 11, 2009: Johnson, P.J., K.T. Call, L.A. Blewett. "The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal care." American Journal of Public Health 100(1): 122-128. Abstract: Objectives. We sought to determine whether aggregate national data for American Indians/...Read More

SHADAC's December Newsletter Released

Dec. 09, 2009: SHADAC has released its December newlsetter.  Check it out for the latest SHADAC news, announcements, and updates. Visit our newsletter archive.  View SHADAC's December newsletter.   Read More

SHARE Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen Talks Health Reform at Student Leadership Summit

Dec. 09, 2009: December 12, 2009:  SHARE Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen was a featured speaker at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's Student Leadership Summit, held on December 5.  Ms. Lukanen spoke to a group of health professions students about the history, current status,...Read More

Presentation: National Health Care Reform: The Proposals and the Politics

Dec. 09, 2009: Presentation by Elizabeth Lukanen at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center's Student Leadership Summit in Minneapolis, MN, December 5, 2009.   | View | Upload your own  Read More

Presentation: The Problem, Progress Made and Prospects for the Future: Insights from Linked Data

Dec. 03, 2009: Presentation by Kathleen Call at the 2009 APPAM conference in Washington, DC, November 6 2009. | View | Upload your own Read More

Stan Dorn Speaks about Streamlining Enrollment at the Alliance for Health Reform

Dec. 02, 2009: December 2, 2009:  Stan Dorn spoke yesterday at an Alliance for Health Reform policy briefing in Washington, D.C.  The briefing featured a discussion about effective and efficient mechanisms for determining eligibility for public insurance programs and enrolling those who are eligible...Read More

Presentation: Will the Uninsured Enroll into Coverage Under National Health Reform?

Dec. 02, 2009: Presentation by Stan Dorn at the Alliance for Health Reform in Washington, DC, December 1, 2009. | View | Upload your own Read More

Report/Brief: Estimating SCHIP/Medicaid Eligible but Not Enrolled at the County Level

Nov. 19, 2009: This technical brief describes a process for estimating the number of SCHIP/Medicaid eligible but not enrolled children in all of a state’s counties. November 2009. Read More

SHADAC's Mike Davern Moving to NORC

Nov. 19, 2009: SHADAC’s co-Principal Investigator and Director of Research, Mike Davern, is leaving SHADAC to join the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago as vice president and director of the Public Health Research Department.  He will be based in NORC’s Chicago office.  While we...Read More

SHADAC’s New Data Center - Data Made Easy

Nov. 19, 2009: November 19, 2009: Earlier this month SHADAC launched our new Data Center, an online table and chart generator tool designed to provide quick, easy access to health insurance coverage estimates.  You can can view our November 17 webinar to introduce the Data Center. We’re very...Read More

Presentation: SHADAC Data Center Webinar

Nov. 18, 2009: SHADAC's Data Center Webinar, held on November 17, 2009, can be viewed by clicking the link below. A PDF version of the powerpoint presentation can be found in the Downloads section below.   Download the podcast of the webinarRead More

Report/Brief: Small Area Estimation Technique for Oklahoma

Nov. 17, 2009: This technical report describes the Small Area Estimation technique employed by SHADAC for the 2008 Oklahoma Health Care Insurance and Access Survey (OHIS).  The analysis was used to develop county-level estimates of uninsurance based on data from the 2008 OHIS.  November 2009. Read More

SHARE Grantees Present Findings at APPAM

Nov. 13, 2009: November 13, 2009:  SHARE grantees were out in force at the 31st Annual APPAM Research Conference last week in Washington, D.C.  Grantee findings were highlighted at two sessions.  The first panel, "Using State Evidence to Inform State and National Health Policy," was...Read More

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