Giovann Alarcon presented, "Establishing a Baseline for the Affordable Care Act: How accessible and affordable has health care been in Minnesota previous to the ACA?" at the Eighteenth Annual Minnesota Health Services Research Conference on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Giovann provided an overview of two important outcomes to monitor under the ACA: health care access and affordability.

Julie Sonier and Lynn Blewett presented for the MNsure Health Advisory Committee on January 14, 2014.

Gonzales, G., & Blewett, L. A. 2014. "National and State-Specific Health Insurance Disparities for Adults in Same-Sex Relationships." American Journal of Public Health, 104(2): e95-e104. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301577

Gilbert Gonzales presented "The Impact of Same-Sex Marriage on Health Insurance Coverage" at APPAM's Fall Research Conference.

This presentation uses data from the American Community Survey to explore the impact of same-sex marriage on health insurance coverage among same-sex couples in four states adopting marriage between 2008 and 2011. Following the implementation of same-sex marriage, women in same-sex relationships were more likely to have health insurance.

Presentation materials from Lynn Blewett's participation in panel discussion on November 13, 2013, about the challenge of enrolling the low-income uninsured in harder-to-reach communities in Minnesota's health insurance exchange.  The discussion was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and also featured Minnesota State Representative Jim Abeler and State Senator Tony Lourey.