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Sunday, March 23, 2025 marked 15 years since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law. In this post, we take a look at what the Affordable Care Act is, how it’s changed America’s insurance coverage rates, and the impact of the ACA on uninsured populations.
What is the Gini coefficient? It is the most commonly used measure of inequality, often used to measure income inequality specifically. Learn more in our latest Basics Blog.
SHADAC has updated health data sets on our State Health Compare tool with the latest available health statistics and health data. In this blog, we detail the measures that were updated, providing you with a short description of each measure and its data source.
From pre-pandemic to during the pandemic, heavy alcohol use among Americans rose nearly 20%. This increase in drinking was sustained through 2022.
“Forgone care” describes when someone does not use or access health care despite a need for it.
Social determinants of health are social factors that impact an individual or community’s health.
To maintain State Health Compare (SHC) as a relevant and current resource for data users, SHADAC regularly evaluates our collection of SHC measures to ensure they inform current health care and health policy discussions.
The page provides data for children's uninsurance by race and ethnicity from 2017 through 2022...
Survey Data Season Essentials: ACS vs CPS: What Is the Difference Between These Two Federal Surveys?
In this blog, we will discuss the similarities and differences between two of the biggest federal survey resources available: the ACS and the CPS ASEC.
On Thursday, September 26th at 1:00 PM CST, SHADAC hosted a webinar covering the release of new Census data on health insurance coverage estimates for 2023. The estimates come from two key federal surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau: The American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current… Read more