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Uncompensated Care in States That Do Not Expand Medicaid: A State-Level Simulation
December 20, 2012: States forgoing the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion are likely to leave a substantial uncompensated care burden on hospitals.  This is the...
American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates Now Available
December 6, 2012: The Census Bureau today released summary tabulations from the ACS for the combined five-year period from 2007 to 2011.  The ACS is based on completed...
HHS Extends Deadline to Submit Letter of Intent for State-Based Exchanges
November 16, 2012: In a letter to Republican governors,  US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius yesterday gave states until December 14, 2012, to  ...
HHS Extends Exchange Blueprint Deadlines
November 9, 2012: US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius issued a letter today notifying states that the deadline to submit blueprints for state-based...
Minnesota's Individual Health Insurance Market: Reform Is Needed
October 26, 2012: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Two recent reports raise concerns about consumers’ out-of-pocket costs in Minnesota’s private...
Medicaid Expansion: Out of the Woodwork or onto the Welcome Mat?
October 12, 2012: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett The Woodwork Effect In health policy terms, the “woodwork effect” is a phenomenon that occurs when an...
Elizabeth Lukanen Presents on NGA Webinar, "Medicaid Expansion: Planning a Fiscal Impact Analysis"
October 10, 2012: SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Elizabeth Lukanen presented on webinar titled, “Medicaid Expansion: Planning a fiscal Impact Analysis,” hosted by the...
A Closer Look: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending and the "Underinsured"
October 1, 2012 What It Means to Be “Underinsured”     Recommended Reading For more inform ation on how underinsurance...
RWJF Launches DataHub
September 21, 2012: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has launched a new online tool, the RWJF DataHub, which tracks state-level data and allows users to customize and...
2011 ACS Shows Uninsured Rate Falling in 20 States
September 20, 2012: The 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) estimates of insurance coverage are now available from the US Census Bureau. Insurance Estimates Nationally, the...
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