This technical brief describes several enhancements and revisions have been made to SHADAC’s Data Center in October 2010. The Data Center is a web-based table generator tool allowing users to customize tables and graphs of health insurance coverage estimates within a pre-defined set of parameters. 

Estimates now allow for calculation of insurance coverage by poverty and age categories related to health reform.  Revisions have also been made to improve consistency between the calculation of variables in the CPS and the ACS and to incorporate additional fixes with this release. October 2010.

SHADAC Issue Brief #23 presents key implementation and data considerations for states as they contemplate the creation and role of health insurance exchanges.  Establishing health insurance exchanges is integral to implementing reforms under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Exchanges are government-regulated insurance marketplaces designed to increase access to and facilitate purchase of affordable health insurance for certain subpopulations, including individuals (non-group market) and small businesses (small group market)

This brief also profiles four state exchanges launched under state health reform efforts that predated the ACA: Massachusetts Health Connector, Utah Health Exchange, Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) Health Connections, and Washington Health Insurance Partnership (HIP).

Allen, M. L., Culhane‐Pera, K. A., Pergament, S. L., & Call, K. T. 2010. "Facilitating Research Faculty Participation in CBPR: Development of a Model Based on Key Informant Interviews." Clinical and Translational Science, 3(5), 233-238.

Johnson PJ, Blewett LA, Call KT, Davern M. 2010. "American Indian/Alaska Native Uninsurance Disparities: A Comparison of Three Surveys."  American Journal of Public Health 100(10):1972-9.

This page provides an archive of SHADAC's September 30, 2010 webinar to discuss the 2009 health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS).  This webinar featured experts from the U.S. Census Bureau who reviewed the estimates, discussed the comparison between the ACS and CPS and responded to questions from the audience.  We'd like to extend a special thanks to the Census Bureau for participating in this webinar.

Resources related to the webinar and questions that arose during the discussion are below, followed by the archive video of the webinar.

SHADAC Resources:

• PDF download of the webinar slides.
• Issue brief, "Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count the Uninsured."
• Issue brief, "Comparing Health Insurance Estimates from the ACS and the CPS."
• Issue brief, "Comparing State Uninsurance Estimates: SHADAC-Enhanced CPS and CPS."
• Issue brief, "Reclassifying Health Insurance Coverage for the Indian Health Service in the Current Population Survey: Impact on State Uninsurance Estimates."
• Research Data Center at the University of Minnesota (contact SHADAC if you would like more information about using the RDC).

Census Bureau Resources:

• Health Insurance Estimates main page.
• Logical edit working paper, "Applying and Evaluating Logical Coverage Edits to Health Insurance Coverage in the American Community Survey."
• ACS brief, "Health Insurance Coverage of Children Under Age 19: 2008 and 2009."
• ACS Content Tests (see Report P.4 for disability).
• The 2010 CPS replicate weights are available as a separate file via FTP at this link.
• ACS distribution of interviews by mode is in Figure 7.2 of the ACS Design and Methodology documentation.

Note:  the webinar recording cover slide errantly refers to September 30, 2009.  The correct year is 2010.