State and Federal Health Policy
SHADAC's State Data Series brief discusses the effectiveness of state purchasing pools, outlines barriers to successful outcomes, and maps out various ways Montana can encourage the development of viable purchasing pools for small employers and their employees. February 2004.
This SHADAC State Data Series brief compares two private coverage strategies being considered in the state of Montana to reduce the number of low-income workers and families without access to health insurance: (1) providing tax relief through a state tax credit to individuals and employers who… Read more
SHADAC's State Data Series brief describes the demographic characteristics and insurance status of parents with publically insured children in the state of Montana, how they get health care for themselves, and the implications for policy. February 2004.
Blewett, L.A., M.B. Good, K.T. Call, and M. Davern. "Monitoring the Uninsured: A State Policy Perspective." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(1): 107-145.
This report is one in a series of collaborative research reports about smoking based on the 2003 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey. The objectives of this report are to understand patterns of smoking by young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. January 2004.
This report describes Minnesotans’ efforts to quit smoking and provides an update to the findings from the 1999 Adult Tobacco Prevalence Survey that were presented in the July 2001 report, Quitting Smoking: Nicotine Addiction in Minnesota. This report describes quitting smoking patterns among the… Read more
SHADAC's Issue Brief #8 describes how SHADAC tested the hypothesis that increased access to insurance results in reduced levels of uncompensated care by assessing the impact that enrollment in the MinnesotaCare program, a state-subsidized insurance program for the working poor, had on levels of… Read more
Blewett, L.A., G. Davidson, M. Brown, and R. Maude-Griffin. "Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care and Public Program Enrollment." Medical Care Research and Review 60(4): 509-527.
Background information on the national resources available to states and a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of each survey for state policy purposes. June 2003.
This paper represents an initial look at the capacity of states to collect data on specific elements of the safety net. It is not a comprehensive review or analysis but the start of an ongoing discussion of federal and state-level efforts to define and monitor the safety net in the U.S. September… Read more