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Measuring Adequacy of Coverage for the Privately Insured: New State Estimates to Monitor Trends in Health Insurance Coverage

Blewett LA, Davidson G, Rodin H, and Davern M. 2009. "Measuring Adequacy of Coverage for the Privately Insured: New State Estimates to Monitor Trends in Health Insurance Coverage." Medical Care Research and Review, 66(2): 167-180. Read More

Survey-Related Experiential and Attitudinal Correlates of Future Health Survey Participation: Results of a Statewide Survey

Beebe TJ, Jenkins SM, Anderson KJ, Davern ME. 2008. "Survey-Related Experiential and Attitudinal Correlates of Future Health Survey Participation: Results of a Statewide Survey." Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 83(12): 1358-1363. Read More

Lynn Blewett, Julie Sonier Testify to Minnesota Senate about How Federal Reform Will Affect the State

April 9, 2010:  SHADAC's Lynn Blewett and Julie Sonier testified yesterday at an informational hearing before the Minnesota Senate Finance Committee's Health and Human Services Budget Division (Senator Linda Berglin, Chair). The hearing was held in order to clarify the immediate and… Read More

Julie Sonier Testifies to Minnesota House about the Short-Term Impacts of Federal Reform

April 8, 2010: SHADAC's new Deputy Director, Julie Sonier, testified on April 6th at an informational hearing before three committees of the Minnesota House of Representatives.  The purpose of the hearing was to discuss state conformity in 2010 and 2011 with the federal Patient… Read More

Federal Health Reform: Short-Term Implications

Presentation by Julie Sonier to three committees of the Minnesota House of Representatives in Saint Paul, MN, April 6 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More

New Report on Minnesota’s 2008 Health Reforms

April 6, 2010:  The National Academy for State Health Policy and the Commonwealth Fund have released a report exploring Minnesota's efforts to transform its health care delivery system. The report-"Reforming Health Care Delivery through Payment Change and Transparency: Minnesota… Read More

Joanna Turner joins SHADAC

We are pleased to announce that Joanna Turner has been hired as a Senior Research Fellow.  Joanna joins SHADAC from the U.S. Census Bureau, where she spent nine years as a statistician working with federal population surveys.   During her tenure at the Census Bureau she evaluated the new health… Read More

Health Reform - A View from the Hill

March 31, 2010:  I had the opportunity to witness the Senate vote on the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 last Thursday afternoon, thanks to Lauren Gilchrist who is Senator Franken’s health Legislative aide.  Lauren is an MPH graduate of the University of… Read More

Arizona Eliminates Its CHIP Program

March 24, 2010:  Last week, Arizona became the first state to drop its CHIP program.  The move will leave almost 38,000 low-income children in the state without health insurance coverage as of June 15, 2010.  Lawmakers also passed a 25 percent reduction in Medicaid coverage--a… Read More

Expanding Coverage in States Video

Forty-six million Americans, including nine million children, are uninsured, and the problem is growing. To combat this situation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working in several areas to accomplish the goal of ensuring that everyone in America has affordable and stable health care… Read More

Barely Hanging On

This report presents state-by-state trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage from 2000 to 2008.  This coverage has long been the mainstay of coverage in the United States, particularly for middle class families. The report was released by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the… Read More

We’re Barely Hanging On to Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

March 17, 2010: A new report came out today that presents the grim toll that the two recessions of the 21st century have taken on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.  "Barely Hanging On:  Middle Class and Uninsured" includes analysis of these trends, conducted by… Read More

Middle Class Shouldering Brunt of Health Insurance Crisis

A new report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based on analysis conducted by SHADAC researchers, shows how the two recessions that Americans have weathered in the first decade of the 21st century have taken a tremendous toll on people's ability to afford health insurance and… Read More

Ohio Is First State to Accept Sebelius’s CHIP Enrollment Challenge

March 12, 2010:  Ohio has joined a national challenge to sign up uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid/CHIP but not enrolled.  The challenge was issued by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on February 4th--the first anniversary of President Obama'… Read More

CPS Uninsurance Trends by State

This Excel file provides summary tables of uninsurance estimates by state, trended from calendar years 1987 through 2010.  One table provides estimates only, and a second table provides the estimates with the standard errors. Download the Excel file. Estimates are calculated using SHADAC's… Read More

Enhanced CPS Variables Now Available

March 9, 2010:  In fall of 2009 we introduced "enhanced" estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS), providing a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time.  These enhanced estimates are useful for policy analysis. We developed these estimates because the… Read More

Using Enhanced CPS Microdata

This technical brief describes how to access SHADAC-enhanced Current Population Survey (CPS) variables from the IPUMS web site maintained by the Minnesota Population Center. Background:  SHADAC researchers have developed an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance… Read More

Issue Brief: Lessons from Rhode Island's HEALTHpact Initiative

March 4, 2010:  Edward Miller and the SHARE research team led by Vincent Mor have released an issue brief presenting summary findings from their evaluation of Rhode Island's HEALTHpact initiative.  HEALTHpact mandated that Rhode Island's health insurance carriers develop… Read More

Watch SHARE Webinar on Tax-Based Medicaid/CHIP Outreach

March 1, 2010:  The SHARE webinar "Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach," was broadcast on February 24th, and a recording of the event is now available for viewing on SHARE's website.  The webinar features presentations by David Idala,… Read More

SHARE Webinar Available for Viewing: Tax-Based CHIP/Medicaid Outreach

The SHARE webinar "Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach," is now available for viewing. The event was broadcast on February 24th and features presentations by David Idala, Director of Medicaid Policy Studies at The Hilltop Institute (University of Maryland, Baltimore… Read More