State and Federal Health Policy
This report presents the results of a stakeholder analysis of the new competitive bidding process implemented in the seven-county Twin Cities, Minnesota metropolitan area for the 2012 Families and Children Contract for Medicaid (known as Medical Assistance or MA in Minnesota) and MinnesotaCare… Read more
Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Assessing State Administrative Data to Monitor Health Care Reform" at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Data Council Meeting on September 9, 2012.
Dr. Blewett briefed the Council on highlights of a preliminary report from an ASPE funded study… Read more
Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Immigrants and Coverage; Affordable Care Act" at the Safe Table Forum: Health Care Access for Immigrants in Washington State, The Implications and Potential of Health System Reform, held August 23, 2012, in Seattle, WA.
This presentation provides an… Read more
This report examines state-level trends in children's health insurance coverage. Download the report.
This report analyzes recent trends in health insurance coverage for children at the state level between 2008 and 2010. The percentage of children with public coverage through Medicaid or the… Read more
Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Insurance Markets Under Different State Scenarios" at the National Governors Association meeting, "Health Care: Decision Points for States" on July 19, 2012 in Washington, DC.
This brief overviews the SHADAC Projection Model, a complex spreadsheet model that states can use to estimate the impacts of policy changes on health insurance coverage.
The SHADAC Projection Model provides state officials with the flexibility to update baseline data or test different… Read more
This report presents findings of a survey conducted by SHADAC of State Medicaid Directors regarding state plans for and progress made toward upgrading Medicaid eligibility systems in light of national health reform. The purpose of this study was to delve behind the user experience of Medicaid… Read more
The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) program awarded nine new grants to fund research addressing health reform issues that states face as they work to improve coverage and access. This is SHARE's third round of grants since the program began in 2007. The new grants, which… Read more
This presentation of SHARE-funded research was given by Derek DeLia, Associate Research Professor at the Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy at the 2012 State Health Policy and Research Interest Group meeting in Orlando, FL, on June 23, 2012. The analysis looks at the impact of the… Read more
Presentation by Gilbert Gonzales, "State Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Among Same-Sex Couples" at AcademyHealth's Gender and Health Interest Group Meeting June 23, 2012 in Orlando, FL.