Presentation by Kathleen Call at the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) on June 9, 2014, in San Diego.
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Medicaid
This issue brief provides state-level estimates of people with limited English proficiency (LEP) by health insurance status from the American Community Survey. There are an estimated 24.5 million people with LEP in the United States. Over one-third of the LEP population, or 9.5million people with… Read more
This brief explores whether the relatively high estimates of direct purchase coverage in the American Community Survey (ACS) are caused by people misreporting their Medicaid coverage. The authors examine this question using a unique version of the ACS that has been linked to Medicaid… Read more
SHARE Update: January - March 2014
Announcements
SHARE Program Report
SHARE has released an in-depth report chronicling the history of the SHARE program, summarizing… Read more
Blewett, L. A., Mormor, S., Kemmick Pintor, J., & Boudreaux, M. 2014. "Aligning US Health and Immigration Policy to Reduce the Incidence of Tuberculousis." International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 18(4): 397-404. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0279
Gonzales, G. 2014. "Same-Sex Marriage — A Prescription for Better Health." New England Journal of Medicine, 370: 1373-1376. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1400254
Reducing the number of children without health insurance coverage has long been a focus of national and state health policy. This report documents recent coverage trends at the state level using data from 2008 through 2012, the most recent year available.
The report is accompanied by… Read more
Joanna Turner presented, "Medicaid Undercount in the American Community Survey: How does Minnesota Compare with other States?" at the Minnesota Health Services Research Conference on March 4, 2014. The objective of her presentation is to evaluate the Medicaid undercount in the American… Read more
Julie Sonier and Lynn Blewett presented for the MNsure Health Advisory Committee on January 14, 2014.
Flynn, P., Call, K. T., Pintor, J. K., & Elmi, N. 2014. "The Projected Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Dental Care for Adult Medicaid Enrollees." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 25(1): 79-94. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0059