A Summary of the American Community Survey Logical Edits Applied to Health Insurance Coverage
This technical brief describes the logical edits applied to the health insurance coverage items in the American Community Survey. Beginning in 2009 the Census Bureau added a series of logical edits to the editing routine for health insurance coverage. These logical edits, which were developed by the Census Bureau in conjunction with a Technical Advisory Committee, are intended to improve the reporting of the insurance coverage in the survey. This brief provides an overview of the logical coverage edits, discusses the state-level impact on the estimated number of uninsured for 2008, and describes how to obtain ACS estimates and mircodata that incorporate the logical coverage edits. December 2010.
Maximizing and Simplifying Enrollment: Options for Maryland
Presentation by Stan Dorn to Maryland's Health Care Reform Coordinating Council at August 31, 2010, "Entry to Coverage" workshop. Mr. Dorn cites lessons learned from enrollment initiatives in Massachusetts and Louisiana, including the importance of prioritizing affordability and reducing administrative requirements for enrollment.
Health Insurance Exchanges: Implementation and Data Considerations for States
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).
Left Behind: Undocumented Immigrants under the Affordable Care Act
Presentation by Lynn Blewett at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) Annual State Health Policy Conference, New Orleans, LA, October 5, 2010. This work includes preliminary estimates of the number of low-income non-elderly adults who will be excluded from Medicaid because of their immigration status and describes characteristics of these excluded immigrant adults.