Immigrants’ access to care under the Affordable Care Act
Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Immigrants’ access to care under the Affordable Care Act: The role of states in addressing coverage gaps," at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health's symposium, Accelerating the Future: the Changing Face of Health in America, held April 19, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN.
Measuring State-Level Health Reform Impact: Metrics and Data Sources
Presentation by Julie Sonier, "Monitoring the Impacts of Health Reform at the State Level: Using Federal Survey Data," describing the federal data sources available to states from federal surveys to help states monitor the impact of health reform and to compare the impacts of reform across states. Presented at the 2011 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2011 in St. Paul, MN.
Tracking the Impacts of Health Reform: Lessons from Massachusetts
Sharon Long presented "Tracking the Impacts of Health Reform: Lessons from Massachusetts," describing how Massachusetts has collected and used data to inform health policy. Presented at the 2011 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2011 in St. Paul, MN.
Have Gender Gaps in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Narrowed under Health Reform? Findings from Massachusetts
Presentation by Sharon Long, Karen Stockley (Urban Institute), and Shanna Shulman (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation) at the American Economic Association Annual Meetings, January 8, 2011 in Denver, CO. This research examines the impacts of health reform on gender disparities in Massachusetts, including insurance coverage, access to and use of health care, and the affordability of health care between fall 2006, just prior to the implementation of key elements of health reform in the state, and fall 2009, the most recent year for which post-reform data are currently available.