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May. 12, 2010: May 12, 2010 SHARE grantees Joel Cantor and Alan Monheit were cited in the new rules released by the Department of Health & Human Services regarding implementation of the new dependent coverage provisions included in federal health reform. The newly released rules, which can be viewed at this… Read More

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May. 7, 2010: May 7, 2010: The recently passed federal health reform included a provision that allows dependent children under 27 years of age to be covered under their parent's health insurance plan.   In response, the Internal Revenue Service has released guidelines regarding the taxation of… Read More

May. 4, 2010: May 4, 2010: High-risk pools are designed for those with pre-existing health conditions who do not have access to employer-sponsored insurance. Many states operate high-risk pools. Last Friday, April 30th, marked the deadline for states to respond to Secretary Sebelius’ inquiry about… Read More

May. 3, 2010: May 3, 2010:  The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new report, "New Citizenship Documentation Option for Medicaid and CHIP is Up and Running," with findings on the implementation of data matching to verify CHIP program applicants' citizenship status in… Read More

May. 3, 2010: In an article posted last week on wcco.com ("Pawlenty Opts Minn. Out Of High-Risk Health Pool"), SHADAC's Lynn Blewett provided information on Minnesota's existing high risk pool and provided commentary on Governor Pawlenty's decision to opt out of the national high-risk pool created under federal… Read More

May. 1, 2010: Blewett LA, Johnson PJ, Mach AL. 2010. "Immigrant Children's Access to Health Care: Differences by Global Region of Birth."  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 21(2 Suppl):13-31. Read More

Apr. 30, 2010: April 30, 2010 This week the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program at George Washington University released www.healthreformGPS.org, a website dedicated to analyzing and explaining the implementation of federal health reform.  The web portal provides… Read More

Apr. 28, 2010: April 28, 2010:  The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) has released an issue brief detailing the impact of state and federal health reforms on uninsured working-age adults (ages 19-64) in Colorado.  Using the 2008 American Community Survey, CHI estimates that more than 27,000 parents and… Read More

Apr. 26, 2010: This report is a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the income data and their utility for policy-related analyses in eight major surveys: the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS); the American… Read More

Apr. 26, 2010: This report provides a comparison of four national surveys that measure health insurance coverage to asess fundamental methodological issues that impact the variation in health insurance coverage estimates seen among these surveys.  The surveys compared include the Current Population Survey’s… Read More

Apr. 22, 2010: The SHARE webinar titled, "The Impact of Extending Dependent Insurance Coverage to Young Adults," is now available for viewing. The event was broadcast on April 21 and features presentations by SHARE Grantee Joel Cantor (Rutgers University) and Troy Oechsner, Deputy Superintendent of Health for the… Read More

Apr. 21, 2010:   This webinar features presentations from SHARE grantee Joel Cantor (Rutgers University) and Troy Oechsner (Deputy Superintendent of Health, State of New York) on states' implementation of dependent coverage expansions and the effectiveness of such reforms in reducing… Read More

Apr. 15, 2010: April 15, 2010:  Joel Cantor has released a new issue brief titled, "The Impact of State Dependent Coverage Expansions on Young Adult Insurance Status: Further Analysis." In the brief, Dr. Cantor and co-authors use data from the Current Population Survey to evaluate the impact… Read More

Apr. 14, 2010: SHADAC has established a web page of resources for the health reform initiatives in Minnesota, including the Minnesota state health reform of 2008, the implementation issues surrounding the federal health reform legislation of 2010, and related reports and presentations.  This page was established… Read More

Apr. 9, 2010: Nielsen RB, Davern M, Jones, Jr. A and Boies JL. 2009. "Complex Sample Design Effects and Health Insurance Variance Estimation." Journal of Consumer Affairs, 43(2):  346-66. Read More

Apr. 9, 2010: Davern M, Klerman JA, Baugh D, Call KT and Greenberg G. 2009. "An Examination of the Medicaid Undercount in the Current Population Survey (CPS): Preliminary Results from Record Linking." Health Services Research, 44(3): 965-987. This article examines why the Current Population Survey (CPS)… Read More

Apr. 9, 2010: Davern M, Ruggles S, Swenson T and Oakes JM.  2009. "Drawing Statistical Inferences from Historical Census Data." Demography, 46(3): 589-603. Read More

Apr. 9, 2010: Chou, C-F, Johnson PJ, Ward AC, and Blewett LA. "Healthcare Coverage and the Health Care Industry." American Journal of Public Health. 99(12): 2282-2288, 2009. Read More

Apr. 9, 2010: Call KT and McAlpine DD. 2008. "Harry Potter and the Wise and Powerful Life Course Theorist." Contexts, 7(3): 75-77. Read More