Comparing State Uninsurance Estimates: SHADAC-Enhanced CPS and CPS
SHADAC has developed and made available a Current Population Survey (CPS) data series (the "SHADAC-Enhanced CPS") that makes several adjustments to the CPS estimates to account for survey changes over time. This brief compares the CPS estimates as published by the Census Bureau to the SHADAC-Enhanced CPS estimates over time and across states for 2007-08.
The Importance of Young Adult Provisions in Massachusetts' Health Reform
Massachusetts enacted a comprehensive health care reform bill in 2006 that has moved the state to near-universal health insurance coverage. Although estimates to date have focused on the overall effect of the Massachusetts health reform package there is substantial policy interest in determining the effects of the different components of the reform effort. In this paper, we focus on disentangling the effects of the special provisions implemented in Massachusetts to expand coverage to young adults.
Reaching Uninsured Children: Iowa’s Income Tax Return and CHIP Project
This issue brief details the collaborative effort between Iowa's Department of Revenue and Department of Human Services to use tax information to reach out to uninsured children who are potentially eligible for the state’s CHIP (“hawk-i”) and Medicaid programs. The brief offers several lessons learned from Iowa's experience, including the importance of establishing inter-agency data-sharing agreements, ensuring that tax form questions about health insurance are as clear as possible, notifying professional tax preparers of changes to the tax form, and creating an automated mechanism to track outreach efforts.
This brief is authored by Brenda Freshour-Johnston, Outreach Coordinator at Iowa Department of Human Services, and draws upon the content of her presentation from SHARE’s February 24, 2010, webinar, “Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach.” Click here to watch a recording of the webinar or to download a podcast of the event.
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Health Insurance Coverage Estimates from the American Community Survey
Presentation by Joanna Turner and Brett O'Hara (US Census Bureau) at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, August 4 2010.