Join us for a virtual tour of State Health Compare, a new, user-friendly online tool for obtaining and comparing state-level estimates related to health and health care.
State Health Compare: How's It Different?
State Health Compare combines estimates previously available separately through the SHADAC Data Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Data Hub. The new, merged tool brings together estimates on a wide range of health-related topics in an effort to allow analysts and policymakers to view state-level data through a broad Culture of Health lens.
The Virtual Tour: What Will You Learn?
SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Joanna Turner will guide attendees on a tour of State Health Compare's user interface. Ms. Turner will provide an overview of available estimates and show how users can generate maps, bar charts, trend lines, and tables to examine the estimates within and across states and over time, as well as by characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity, etc. Attendees will also learn how to download graphics and export the underlying data.
Ms. Turner will be joined on the webinar by Carolyn Miller, Senior Program Officer at RWJF, and by SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett. SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Brett Fried will also be available to answer questions.
Publication
Impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Insurance Coverage by Congressional District, 2013-2015
This analysis provides data about changes in the uninsured between 2013 and 2015 by Congressional District and a range of demographic characteristics (race, age, income, citizenship, etc.). These data show the impact of the ACA, which was implemented in 2014, on the uninsured.
Click on a state to get detailed data tables and infographics.
A Note about Congressional Districts
The data used for this analysis align with Congressional District borders from the 114th Congress, which are unchanged from the 113th Congress, so geographies are consistent between the two time periods analyzed.
The ACS is a household survey that began in 2005 and produces annually updated data on a variety of population characteristics, including health insurance coverage. In total, the ACS surveys approximately three million US households each year.
An important feature of the ACS is that it includes a large enough sample for state‐level and sub‐state estimates such as the estimates in this analysis.
Ohio: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Impacts on Insurance Coverage by Congressional District
Click on an Ohio Congressional District to see changes in the uninsured between 2013 and 2015. These data show the impact of the ACA, which was implemented in 2014, on the uninsured.
2013-2015 Change in Uninsured
by Congressional District: Ohio - 16 Districts
Estimates are provided for several demographic breakdowns, including race; ethnicity; nativity and U.S. citizenship; educational attainment; employment status; and ratio of income to Federal Poverty Level (FPL; see note below for further information about the income categories used in this analysis).
Click here to download the data file for all Ohio Congressional Districts.
Estimates Available for All Districts, All States
Click here to access estimates for Congressional Districts in a different state.
The ACS is a household survey that began in 2005 and produces annually updated data on a variety of population characteristics, including health insurance coverage. In total, the ACS surveys approximately three million US households each year.
An important feature of the ACS is that it includes a large enough sample for state‐level and sub‐state estimates such as the estimates in this analysis.
Note: Federal Poverty Levels
For this analysis, estimates are provided for houshold incomes that are: below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL); from 138% FPL to 199% FPL; from 200% FPL to 399% FPL; and at or above 400% FPL. These income levels correspond with ACA income eligibility levels. In Medicaid expansion states, individuals with incomes at or below 138% FPG are eligible for Medicaid. Additionally, people with incomes at or below 400% FPL are eligible for premium subsidies to buy private coverage through Marketplaces.* The following table provides 2015 FPL dollar amounts for key income thresholds used in this analysis.
Ratio of Income to 2015 Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
*The income cuts used in this analysis are slightly different than ACA eligibility levels because of how data are tabulated in American FactFinder, but the differences are negligible. Although Medicaid eligibility for the expansion population covers people with incomesat or below138%FPL, this analysis groups incomesbelow138% FPL. The scenario is similar for premium subsidy eligibility. This analysis groups incomesbelow 400% FPL, but people with incomesup to and including400% FPL are eligible for premium subsidies
State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2011-2015: Chartbook and State Fact Sheets
Chartbook
This SHADAC chartbook uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) to highlight the experiences of private-sector workers with employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) from 2011 through 2015 at the national level and in the states.
Video: Sarah Gollust Finds Little Public Health Substance in Early TV News Coverage of the ACA
February 17, 2017:
In a new video from Health News Review, Dr. Sarah Gollust (University of Minnesota) discusses an analysis just released in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH).
The analysis examines the content of local TV news coverage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the first ACA open enrollment period (October 1, 2013 through April 19, 2014), when 10 million Americans gained insurance. This new analysis is relevant to the work of policymakers, health policy scholars, and enrollment advocates as they seek to understand the information environment to which Americans were exposed at this historic time of widespread coverage gains. The authors found that common source of news for Americans provided little public health–relevant substance about the ACA during its early implementation, favoring a political approach to news coverage of the law.
Watch the video below or read the accompanying Health News Review article here.