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SHADAC-Enhanced CPS Estimates FAQ

SHADAC has created an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).  This was done to account for methodological changes to the CPS. This document provides a Frequently… Read More

SHADAC News, February 2010

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2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance Survey - Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides a summary of estimates of health insurance coverage gathered from the 2009 Virgin Islands Health Insurance Survey. February 2010. Read More

Overview of Federal Health Care Reform

Presentation by Elizabeth Lukanen at the 2010 Annual Directors Meeting of REM Minnesota in Bloomington, MN, January 27, 2010.  | View | Upload your own   Read More

Anna Sommers' New Brief Examines Employer Participation in New Mexico's SCI Program

February 9, 2010:  SHARE grantee Anna Sommers, of The Hilltop Institute (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), has released a new issue brief titled, "Small Business Participation in the New Mexico State Coverage Insurance Program: Evaluation Results." State Coverage… Read More

Minnesota Uninsurance Rates Increase

February 5, 2010:  Minnesota released survey results showing that 9.1% of the state's population was uninsured 2009, up significantly from 7.2% in 2007.   Much of the increase was due to a decline in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. The increase is not a huge… Read More

New study finds increase in the number of Minnesotans without health insurance

Estimates of health insurance coverage gathered from the 2009 Minnesota Health Access Survey reveal an increase in the number of Minnesotans without health insurance. The Minnesota Health Access Survey is a large-scale health insurance survey conducted jointly by MDH and the School of Public health… Read More

Census Microdata Inaccuracies Revealed

February 3, 2010:  Researchers from SHADAC and the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) were highlighted in the New York Times Freakonomics blog on February 2, 2010.  "Can you trust Census data?" by Justin Wolfers, showcased the work of MPC's Trent Alexander and NORC's… Read More

Oregon Opens Lottery for State-Subsidized Insurance to More Low-Income Adults

February 3, 2010:  The state of Oregon has begun expanding the pool from which names of low-income adults are randomly drawn for enrollment in state-subsidized insurance coverage through the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), for which they are eligible through a 1115 Medicaid expansion… Read More

Complexities of health care for the very poor: Eliminating GAMC isn't a solution

Blewett, LA.  "Complexities of health care for the very poor:  Eliminating GAMC isn't a solution."  Minnesota Physician, 23(9), Dec. 2009. Read More

Improving Geriatric Transitional Care through Interprofessional Care Teams

Blewett, L., K. Johnson, T. McCarthy, T. Lackner, and B. Brandt. 2010. "Improving Geriatric Transitional Care through Interprofessional Care Teams." Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (16)1: 57-63. Read More

Counting Uninsurance and Means-Tested Coverage in the American Community Survey: A Comparison to the Current Population Survey

Boudreaux M, Ziegenfuss JY, Graven P, Davern M, Blewett LA. 2010. "Counting Uninsurance and Means-Tested Coverage in the American Community Survey: A Comparison to the Current Population Survey." Health Services Research 2010 Oct 28. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01193.x. [Epub ahead… Read More

SHADAC Resources

Presentation by Lynn Blewett given during the NASHP Maximizing Enrollment for Kids Webinar, Jan 21 2010. | View | Upload your own Read More

SHADAC: Overview and Evaluation

Presentation by Lynn Blewett at the SHAP Grantee Meeting, Arlington, VA, Jan 14 2010. Read More

Stan Dorn: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies in the House and Senate Health Reform Bills

The Urban Institute has released a new issue brief with findings from  RWJF's SHARE grantee Stan Dorn titled, "Reconciling House and Senate Health Reform Proposals: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies that Will Maximize Health Coverage among the Low-Income Uninsured." The brief,… Read More

HIFA Evaluation Study

Two reports were produced for the Second Phase of the HIFA Evaluation Study, Medicare/Medicaid Research and Demonstration Task Order Contract (MRAD/TOC) HHSM-500-2005-00027I, T.O. 2 These reports are not available for download at this time, but are available upon request to Dr. Kathleen Call,… Read More

Preliminary Results: Dependent Coverage Expansions Have No Net Impact on Likelihood of Being Insured

January 21, 2010.  SHARE grantee Joel Cantor has released a new issue brief titled, "Dependent Coverage Expansions: Estimating the Impact of Current State Policies," in which Dr. Cantor and his research team write about state efforts to reduce the number of uninsured young adults by increasing the… Read More

Upcoming SHARE Webinar: Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach

January 11, 2010:  We invite you to join SHARE as we host a webinar featuring SHARE grantee David Idala, Director of Medicaid Policy Studies at The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  David will discuss the use of income tax information to target Medicaid… Read More

The Importance of Geographic Data Aggregation in Assessing Disparities in American Indian Prenatal Care

Johnson, P.J., K.T. Call, L.A. Blewett. "The Importance of Geographic Data Aggregation in Assessing Disparities in American Indian Prenatal Care." American Journal of Public Health 100(1): 122-128. Read More

SHADAC-Enhanced CPS Health Insurance Coverage Estimates

SHADAC has created an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).  This was done to account for methodological changes to the CPS. The applied enhancements are outlined… Read More