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.

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Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Social Health Insurance: US and Access ," at the Westlake Forum III, Healthcare Reform in China and the US: Similarities, Differences and Challenges, held on April 10-12, 2011 in Atlanta GA. Westlake Forum is a series of symposia initiated by Zhejiang Medical University and China Medical Board. The purpose of this forum is to provide a platform for university academicians and government officials to discuss the major health policy issues facing China’s healthcare system.
 

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expands Medicaid eligibility to millions of previously-ineligible people, changes the income definition used to determine eligibility, and provides an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to newly-eligible enrollees. 

In this webinar, Dr. John Czajka, a senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, discusses the eligibility challenges that states face under the ACA’s Medicaid provisions and suggests several ways that states might choose to move forward.  Joining Dr. Czajka is Karen Gibson, Director of Health Care Eligibility and Access at the Minnesota Department of Human Services.  Ms. Gibson speaks about the experience of Minnesota, which has adopted an early Medicaid expansion for adults permitted under the ACA.

Presentation by Joanna Turner, "New Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage from the American Community Survey: Increases in Uninsurance for Minnesota Children," describing the distribution of and trends in health insurance coverage for Minnesota and sub-state regions.  Presented at the 2011 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2011 in St. Paul, MN.

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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.