Oct. 06, 2009:
October 6, 2009: PRELIMINARY SHARE FINDING: The legal debate surrounding Section 125 plans and HIPAA might discourage employers from adopting these plans.
In the debate over health care reform at the federal level, a number of legislators have suggested tax incentives as a way to...Read More
Oct. 01, 2009:
October 1, 2009: Young adults between the ages of 19 and 26 are the more likely than any other age group in the United States to lack insurance coverage. These young adults usually lose insurance as they age out of their parents' insurance plans or graduate from college and...Read More
Sep. 29, 2009:
September 29, 2009: This week, Alabama will become the 13th state to offer SCHIP coverage to children in families with incomes as high as 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL).
Starting October 1, income eligibility for All Kids, the state's SCHIP program, will expand from...Read More
Sep. 29, 2009:
September 29, 2009: The President's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) has released a new report detailing the likely financial impact of federal health insurance reform on governments at the state and local level. The authors of the report acknowledge widespread concern that the...Read More
Sep. 28, 2009:Presentation by Kathleen Call at the 2009 Maximizing Enrollment for Kids meeting in Washington, DC, September 25 2009.
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Sep. 25, 2009:
Principal Investigator David Idala and his research team at The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), have released an issue brief detailing early findings from their SHARE-sponsored evaluation of Maryland's efforts to use tax information to...Read More
Sep. 25, 2009:
September 25, 2009: Principal Investigator David Idala and his research team at The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), have released an issue brief detailing early findings from their SHARE-sponsored evaluation of the 2008 Maryland Kids First Act....Read More
Sep. 24, 2009:SHADAC's American Community Survey (ACS) Data Release Webinar, held on September 23, 2009, can be viewed by clicking the link below. The initial presentation is about 30 minutes, followed by 45 minutes of question and answer.
A PDF version of the powerpoint presentation can be found in the...Read More
Sep. 22, 2009:September 22, 2009. Today marks the release of the state and county health insurance estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS), showing 45.1 million uninsured people in the United States in 2008 (15.1% of the U.S. population). These estimates are the first release of coverage estimates...Read More
Sep. 22, 2009:A new section of Minnesota Medicine's website, Reflections on Reform, features commentaries from physicians and health policy leaders on the topic of federal reform and the health care proposals being debated in Congress.
SHADAC's Lynn Blewett provides her thoughts on the issue of health care...Read More
Sep. 22, 2009:The U.S. Census Bureau has released health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS), showing that 45.1 million people in the United States were uninsured in 2008, representing 15.1% of the U.S. population. The ACS is a new source of data for health insurance coverage...Read More
Sep. 18, 2009:SHADAC's Lynn Blewett wrote about the latest numbers on Americans who lack health insurance in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) health reform blog.
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Sep. 17, 2009:A summary of SHADAC's September 11, 2009, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the calendar year 2008 Current Population Survey data release is now available for download.Read More
Sep. 17, 2009:Highlights from SHADAC's September 11, 2009, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the calendar year 2008 Current Population Survey data release. September 2009.Read More
Sep. 16, 2009:The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $70.9 million in grants to 13 states to support the expansion of health care coverage for their uninsured populations. Funding for the grants was provided by the new State Health Access Program (SHAP), which is a successor to the HHS...Read More
Sep. 10, 2009:Lynn Blewett's thoughts on President Obama's speech to Congress on Wednesday were featured on MinnPost.com; click here to view the article, "Two health-policy wonks weigh in on Obama speech."
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Sep. 10, 2009:September 10, 2009. Today the U.S. Census Bureau released health insurance coverage estimates for calendar year 2008. These estimates, from the Current Population Survey (CPS), show that 46.3 people in the United States are uninsured, or 15.4 percent of the population. This is up from 2007,...Read More
Sep. 10, 2009:September 10, 2009. Today is a busy day at SHADAC because the Census Bureau released health insurance coverage estimates for calendar year 2008. These estimates, from the Current Population Survey (CPS), show that 46.3 million people in the United States are uninsured, or 15.4 percent of the...Read More
Sep. 10, 2009:The number of uninsured Americans is large and growing over time, yet there continues to be debate about exactly how many Americans are uninsured. Researchers use data from several different national surveys to estimate the number of uninsured people in America and discrepancies in their estimates...Read More
Sep. 09, 2009:September 9, 2009. I recently was honored to be a panelist in my first town hall meeting on September 1st at Mount Zion Synagogue in St. Paul, Minnesota. The meeting was organized by Minnesota State Representative Erin Murphy and drew a large and mostly supportive crowd. Panel members included...Read More