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November SHARE Newsletter Released

Nov. 12, 2009: SHARE has released its November newsletter.  Check it out for the latest updates on the activities of SHARE and its grantees.   View the November SHARE newsletter.  Visit our newsletter archive.  Read More

Stan Dorn Releases Report and Issue Brief on Massachusetts’ Coverage Success

Nov. 11, 2009: November 11, 2009:  Stan Dorn has released a full report and an issue brief presenting preliminary findings from his SHARE-sponsored evaluation of auto-enrollment procedures in Massachusetts.  The documents, both titled, "The Secrets of Massachusetts' Success: Why 97 Percent...Read More

Presentation: Evaluating Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico’s State Coverage Insurance Program

Nov. 10, 2009: Presentation by Laura Spicer at the 2009 APPAM Conference in Washington, DC, November 7 2009. | View | Upload your own Read More

SHADAC Launches New Data Center

Nov. 10, 2009: SHADAC has launched a new online tool that allows easy access to health insurance coverage estimates.Using currently available sources of health insurance data can be time consuming and cumbersome for both policymakers and researchers. In addition, tracking these estimates over time is an outright...Read More

Presentation: Data Center Screencast

Nov. 09, 2009: View this screencast for an online demonstration of SHADAC's Data Center. November 2009.     Click here to view the screencast on Screencast.com.Read More

Site Navigation Changes

Nov. 05, 2009: We are making some site navigation changes today.  The "Charts & Tables" page is now located under "Publications".Read More

SHARE Grantee Michael Cousineau Releases Issue Brief

Nov. 03, 2009: November 3, 2009:  SHARE grantee Michael Cousineau has released a new issue brief based on his evaluation of outreach and enrollment strategies used to target uninsured children in California who are eligible for-but not enrolled in-public programs.  The brief, "Trends in Child...Read More

American Community Survey Data Released

Nov. 02, 2009: The U.S. Census Bureau has released the public use microdata sample (PUMS) file for the 2008 American Community Survey.  The PUMS is a sample of all the ACS records and the single-year release allows for analysis of all Census-defined geographies with a population of 65,000 or more. The 2008 PUMS...Read More

SHARE Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen Speaks about Health Reform and the Safety Net

Oct. 23, 2009: October 23, 2009:  SHARE Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen spoke yesterday at the fourth annual "Many Faces of Community Health" conference in Minneapolis, MN.  The event was jointly hosted by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Minnesota Association of Community Health...Read More

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

Oct. 23, 2009: Presentation by Elizabeth Lukanen at the "Many Faces of Community Health" conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 22 2009. | View | Upload your own Read More

Report: Premium Assistance Programs Promote Private Coverage for Individuals and Employers

Oct. 22, 2009: October 22, 2009:  Preliminary SHARE findings show the importance of keeping premium assistance programs affordable for consumers and minimizing the administrative burden of these plans on employers.  A number of states have implemented premium assistance programs in efforts...Read More

SHARE Releases Issue Brief from Grantees at University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Oct. 20, 2009: October 20, 2009:  SHARE is releasing a brief today titled "Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus Coverage Expansion and Simplification: Early Data on Program Impact."  The brief is authored by the SHARE-sponsored research team led by grantees Tom Oliver and Tom DeLeire and...Read More

Sub-state Health Insurance Coverage Estimates

Oct. 20, 2009: October 20, 2009:  The American Community Survey (ACS), conducted by the US Census Bureau, offers a great new opportunity for analysts to assess sub-state health insurance coverage estimates, notably for congressional districts and counties.  Researchers from the Urban Institute...Read More

Health Care Reform: Following Minnesota's Lead

Oct. 19, 2009: Lynn Blewett's commentary was featured in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health's (SPH) post, "Health Care Reform: Following Minnesota's Lead." This post offers insights by SPH experts and highlights the way Minnesota has led the nation in the delivery and financing of health care...Read More

SHARE Grantee Ron Deprez Releases Issue Brief

Oct. 16, 2009: October 16, 2009:  Principal Investigator Ron Deprez and his research team at the University of New England Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research, have released an issue brief detailing early findings from their SHARE-sponsored evaluation of health reform outcomes in Vermont....Read More

SHADAC News, October 2009

Oct. 15, 2009: SHADAC News, October 2009    Read More

Presentation: New Update on National Health Reform: A Moving Target

Oct. 13, 2009: Presentation by Lynn Blewett to Mount Zion Temple and Jewish Community Action members in St. Paul, MN, October 11 2009. | View | Upload your own Read More

SHARE Releases First in a Series of Issue Briefs Highlighting Grantee Findings

Oct. 12, 2009: October 12, 2009.  SHARE grantees are currently in the process of releasing preliminary findings from their evaluations of state-level reform strategies.  As these findings are released, SHARE will be publishing a series of issue briefs, highlighting successful state reform strategies with the goal...Read More

Report/Brief: State of Reform: Evaluating State Efforts to Improve Access to Health Care

Oct. 12, 2009: SHARE grantees are currently in the process of releasing preliminary findings from their evaluations of state-level reform strategies. This brief, titled "State of Reform," provides an overview and synthesis of preliminary findings and significant lessons learned so far....Read More

Report/Brief: Historical Changes in Current Population Survey Health Insurance Coverage Items for Survey Years 1988 through 2009

Oct. 12, 2009: SHADAC Issue Brief #19 summarizes the changes to the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement health insurance questions and data variables for survey years 1988 through 2009 (reflecting calendar years 1987 through 2008). October 2009. Read More

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