State and Federal Health Policy
Joanna Turner presented "Modeling Health Insurance Coverage Estimates for Minnesota Counties," at the Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association, August 1, 2011 in Miami Beach, FL.
In this paper SHADAC created a model to predict lack of insurance coverage for Minnesota… Read more
This ACA Note discusses the implementation of the new income definition--Modified Adjusted Gross Income or "MAGI"--that will be used to determine Medicaid income eligibility across the country in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes full effect. The implementation of MAGI is… Read more
SHADAC compiled this summary of state-level data and information released by MACPAC in the Medicaid and CHIP Program Statistics (MACStats) section of the March and June 2011 MACPAC reports to Congress.
This serves as a quick reference tool for state analysts and policymakers. The… Read more
SHADAC assembled a State Survey Reform Workgroup in the fall of 2010 to share information between states that are considering how state health surveys can best capture progress on national and state health reform efforts. This report provides a summary of the workgroup membership and activities,… Read more
Presentation by Shana Alex Lavarreda (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research) at the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, WA. Dr. Lavarreda discusses the findings from her SHARE-sponsored study evaluating the connection between 12-month continuous eligibility in Medicaid and… Read more
Presentation by Lindsey Leininger (Chapin Hall, University of Chicago) at the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Dr. Leininger provides an overview of the ACCESS portal and looks at whether ACCESS is more or less likely than other application methods to attract applicants who are… Read more
Presentation by Laura Spicer (Hilltop Institute, University of Maryland Baltimore County) at AcademyHealth's 2011 Annual Research Meeting. The presentation provides an overview of New Mexico's SCI program and details the results of a SHARE-funded evaluation looking at factors… Read more
This report, funded by a grant from the California HealthCare Foundation, makes recommendations for how California can measure the impact of health reform in three areas:
Health insurance coverage;
Affordability and comprehensiveness of health insurance coverage; and
Access to health care services… Read more
Presentation by Sharon Long, "Using Federal and State Survey Data to Inform State Health Reform," at the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 11, 2011 in Seattle, WA.
This brief identifies state-level information currently available from seven federal surveys to help states monitor the impact of health reform and to compare the impacts of reform across states. The brief provides an overview of the health insurance coverage and the health care access, use… Read more