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Jun. 28, 2011: SHADAC assembled a State Survey Reform Workgroup in the fall of 2010 to share information between states that are considering how state health surveys can best capture progress on national and state health reform efforts. This report provides a summary of the workgroup membership and activities,… Read More

Jun. 27, 2011: Presentation by Shana Alex Lavarreda (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research) at the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, WA.  Dr. Lavarreda discusses the findings from her SHARE-sponsored study evaluating the connection between 12-month continuous eligibility in Medicaid and… Read More

Jun. 23, 2011: June 23, 2011: The federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduces a new income definition—Modified Adjusted Gross Income or “MAGI”—for determining Medicaid income eligibility across the country.  Today, rules for counting income for Medicaid vary from state to state,… Read More

Jun. 21, 2011: June 21, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Facing mounting criticism of its recent findings about the future of employer-sponsored insurance under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA), McKinsey & Company has released the methods used in its survey of employers.  Looking… Read More

Jun. 20, 2011: Presentation by Lindsey Leininger (Chapin Hall, University of Chicago) at the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.  Dr. Leininger provides an overview of the ACCESS portal and looks at whether ACCESS is more or less likely than other application methods to attract applicants who are… Read More

Jun. 20, 2011: Presentation by Laura Spicer (Hilltop Institute, University of Maryland Baltimore County) at AcademyHealth's 2011 Annual Research Meeting.  The presentation provides an overview of New Mexico's SCI program and details the results of a SHARE-funded evaluation looking at factors… Read More

Jun. 20, 2011: Researchers from SHADAC and the Urban Institute will present research on an upcoming webinar showing recent trends in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in every state and implications of Affordable Care Act implementation on ESI. Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (Eastern)… Read More

Jun. 17, 2011: This report examines state-level trends in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and the factors that influence ESI. Download the report. Most nonelderly Americans who have health insurance are covered through an employer, and ESI will continue to be a major source of health insurance even after… Read More

Jun. 16, 2011: SHADAC/SHARE Newsletter, June 16, 2011. Download a PDF version of this file. (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.… Read More

Jun. 15, 2011: June 15, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett McKinsey and Co. recently released a report on the likely impact of the Affordable Care Act on employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). The report received a lot of play in both the national and local press due to its conclusion that as many… Read More

Jun. 15, 2011: This report, funded by a grant from the California HealthCare Foundation, makes recommendations for how California can measure the impact of health reform in three areas: Health insurance coverage; Affordability and comprehensiveness of health insurance coverage; and Access to health care services… Read More

Jun. 13, 2011: Presentation by Sharon Long, "Using Federal and State Survey Data to Inform State Health Reform," at the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 11, 2011 in Seattle, WA.   Read More

Jun. 9, 2011: Presentation by Sharon Long, "Maintaining Their Mission in Difficult Times:  Key Strategies of Safety Net Hospitals," at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 13, 2011 in Seattle, WA. Download a PDF version of these slides. Read More

Jun. 9, 2011: Presentation by Michel Boudreaux, "Potential Gaps in the Availability of Primary Care Physicians under Health Reform:  Identifying Communities at Risk," at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 12 in Seattle, WA. Read More

Jun. 9, 2011: Presentation by Jessie Kemmick-Pintor, "Left Out Under PPACA: Undocumented Immigrants Adults Excluded from Medicaid Expansions" at the NRSA Trainees Research Conference, held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 11, 2011 in Seattle, WA.   Read More

Jun. 9, 2011: June 9, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Times are tough, even in Minnesota... The following figure from the Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program (HEP) annual report on health care spending illustrates the impact of the recession on Minnesota’s health care… Read More

Jun. 9, 2011: Download SHADAC's AcademyHealth 2011 Annual Research Meeting schedule to find out when SHADAC and SHARE researchers will present. Read More

Jun. 7, 2011: The Census Bureau posted tables of 2009 estimates of uninsured populations at or below 138% of poverty.  The tables provide national, state, and county-level estimates from the 2009 1-year American Community Survey for geographies with populations greater than 65,000. Data is suppressed for… Read More

Jun. 7, 2011: June 7, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett When is an “exchange” an “exchange?” Medica, a Minnesota-based health insurer, is offering a new product to employers with 51 or more employees. The product is an online web portal system through which employees can select from 20 Medica… Read More

Jun. 7, 2011: June 7, 2011: SHADAC and SHARE researchers will participate in several sessions during the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), on June 11-14 in Seattle.  We hope you can attend! SHADAC and SHARE presentations include: Saturday, June 11 State Health Research and Policy… Read More