Immigrants’ access to care under the Affordable Care Act
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.
Left out under Federal Health Reform: Undocumented immigrant adults excluded from ACA Medicaid Expansions
Presentation by SHADAC research assistant Jessie Kemmick-Pintor, "Left out under Federal Health Reform: Undocumented immigrant adults excluded from ACA Medicaid Expansions," describing estimates of the number of people who will not be covered under the Affordable Care Act at the state level, and the implications for safety net providers in the states. Presented at the 2011 Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, March 1, 2011 in St. Paul, MN.
SHADAC's Lynn Blewett and Elizabeth Lukanen participated in the third all-grantee meeting of the State Health Access Program (SHAP), held January 12-13, 2011, in Washington, DC. Grantees discussed eligibility systems improvement, outreach strategies, coverage literacy, medical homes, reform planning data needs and evaluation. All discussions were set in the context of the states’ role in implementing the Afforable Care Act and the importance of SHAP to inform those activities.
Lynn and Elizabeth led a workshop on data and evaluation, discussing benchmark reporting and the coverage status of the undocumented under reform. Elizabeth presented, "Benchmark Reporting - Round Two, " and Lynn presented, "Left Behind: Post Reform Coverage Gaps for Undocumented Immigrants."
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.