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Presentation: Using the SNACC Linking Project to Impute Medicaid in the Current Population Survey to correct for the Undercount

Jan. 29, 2009: Presentation by Michael Davern at the 2009 SHADAC State Survey Workshop in Washington, DC, January 13 2009. | View | Upload your own Read More

State Survey Workshop Recap

Jan. 26, 2009: January 26, 2009. On Tuesday, January 13th SHADAC hosted a meeting in DC on, "Current Issues in Survey Methods for State Health Surveys" The two key topics for the day were: (1) the increasing use of cell phones and the barriers they create when conducting Random Digit Dial (RDD) telephone...Read More

Presentation: Insurance, Uninsurance, Underinsurance

Jan. 23, 2009: Presentation by Lynn Blewett, titled "Insurance, Uninsurance, Underinsurance," to the Kansas Health Institute, January 23, 2009, in Topeka, Kansas.   Read More

SHARE Grantee Joel Cantor quoted in New York Times

Jan. 21, 2009: January 21, 2009. SHARE grantee Joel Cantor was quoted in the New York Times about the effectiveness of laws that allow young adults to be claimed as dependents on their parents’ health insurance plans. "We’ve reviewed the laws and regulations from all 25 states," said Cantor, the director of the...Read More

The Medicaid Undercount: Real or Perceived Bias in Estimates of Coverage in General Population Surveys?

Jan. 16, 2009: This brief by Bonnie J. Austin, published by the Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization (HCFO) program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, summarizes SHADAC's study of the Medicaid undercount in Minnesota, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. The brief outlines key findings and...Read More

New Health Reform Resources on RWJF.org

Jan. 16, 2009: January 16, 2009. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President of the the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has announced new health reform resources on RWJF.org.   Click here to view the announcement. (Link opens in new window)  Read More

Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut Unveils New State Health Plan

Jan. 14, 2009: January 14, 2009. The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut has spearheaded a coalition of Connecticut business and labor leaders, health providers, clergy, and health care advocates to produce a health reform proposal called "SustiNet: Health Care We Can Count On." The reform seeks to...Read More

New SHARE Research Fellow Position - Now Open

Jan. 06, 2009: January 6, 2009. The Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota seeks a Research Fellow for the State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) Program at the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC). The Fellow will work on this multi-...Read More

Massachusetts State Health Survey

Jan. 05, 2009: January 5, 2009. Sharon Long and her colleagues at the Urban Institute released the latest findings from the 2008 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS). There continues to be an increase in health insurance coverage since the Massachusetts health reform initiative in 2006, which included...Read More

AcademyHealth and Upcoming Policy Discussions

Dec. 19, 2008: December 19, 2008. As many of you know, I have been elected to serve on the AcademyHealth's Board of Directors for 2009. I attended my first board meeting last week and am excited at the prospect of working with such a focused and dedicated group of board members and staff. John Colmers, the...Read More

SHARE funds new project in Maryland

Dec. 16, 2008: December 16, 2008. To actively respond to exciting new state coverage initiatives, SHARE reserves some of its grant funding to commission research on reforms enacted outside the time frame of the formal CFP process. Our first commission will evaluate the Maryland Kid’s First Bill passed in March...Read More

SHARE Grantee Sharon Long to present early SHARE project findings

Dec. 16, 2008: December 16, 2008. Sharon Long will present early findings from her SHARE project at the American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting in January 2009. Sharon will present her paper, "Early Evidence on the Impacts of Health Reform in Massachusetts" to the Public Economics and the Low Income...Read More

State Health Access Profile downloadable file

Dec. 15, 2008: SHADAC's State Health Access Profile in downloadable format for all states (2 pages per state), or in summary table format (2 tables in total). December 2007. View the interactive Access Profile.Read More

Report/Brief: State High Risk Pools - An Overview

Dec. 03, 2008: Issue Brief #14 provides an introduction to state high-risk pools, how they are financed, the federal role, and some advantages and challenges related to having a state high-risk pool. Read More

State Survey Workshop Agenda

Dec. 03, 2008: Draft agenda for SHADAC's State Survey Methods Workshop, "Current Issues in Survey Methods for State Health Surveys," to be held Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington DC.Read More

Survey Workshop Registration now open

Dec. 01, 2008: November 18, 2008.  Registration for SHADAC's survey workshop is now open. This workshop will be held on January 13, 2009 in Washington DC and will provide up-to-date information on technical issues related to household surveys and the measurement of health insurance coverage. More information...Read More

Welcome to SHADAC's New Web Site

Dec. 01, 2008: December 1, 2008. We're excited to announce the launch of our new logo and Web site. We believe the site will be a great resource for health policy researchers, policy makers and analysts and are excited to move forward with a fresh look. Our work helps to bridge the gap between research and...Read More

Presentation: SHADAC/SHARE Web Site Orientation

Dec. 01, 2008: Welcome to the new Web site for SHADAC and SHARE. Our new site is quite different and we have made a brief presentation to help you get oriented to the navigation. | View | Upload your own Read More

Welcome to SHARE’s New Web Site

Dec. 01, 2008: December 1, 2008. We’re excited to announce our new Web page and hope that it will be a useful resource for researchers, policy analysts and SHARE grantees. The content on our old site has been merged with SHADAC’s new site (www.shadac.org) to provide our users with easy access to all of the...Read More

Presentation: The Medicaid Undercount and the Policy Relevance of Measurement Error in the Current Population Survey

Nov. 25, 2008: Michael Davern's presentation titled, "The Medicaid Undercount and the Policy Relevance of Measurement Error in the Current Population Survey." Washington Statistical Society Seminar, Nov 13, 2008 in Washington DC.   | View | Upload your own Read More

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