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ACA Note: Modified Adjusted Gross Income - Implications for Medicaid Eligibility Systems
July 29, 2011: The federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduces a new income definition—Modified Adjusted Gross Income or “MAGI”—for determining Medicaid...
Healthy Indiana Plan Opens Enrollment for 8,000 Childless Adults
July 18, 2011: State officials in Indiana have opened up 8,000 slots for childless adults in the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), the state’s health insurance plan for the...
Tracking Reform at the State Level
July 15, 2011: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have far-reaching effects on health insurance coverage, health care financing, and delivery in the...
West Virginia Expands CHIP Eligibility
July 7, 2011: Under new guidelines that took effect on July 1, 2011, children in families earning up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) are now eligible for...
Lynn Blewett: Minnesota State Government - Out of Service
July 6, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Minnesota’s Republican-led Legislature and Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Governor Mark Dayton are still at an...
MACPAC Reports Publish State-level Data
June 30, 2011:  Two newly released reports by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) feature state level data.  Included are 21 data items such...
SHADAC Report: Significant Erosion in Employer-Sponsored Coverage
June 28, 2011: A new SHADAC report analyzes state-level trends in employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI).  The report finds that the majority of non-elderly Americans...
What is MAGI and Why Does It Matter?
June 23, 2011: The federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduces a new income definition—Modified Adjusted Gross Income or “MAGI”—for determining Medicaid...
Lynn Blewett: Final Note on the McKinsey Kerfuffle
June 22, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett As noted yesterday, McKinsey & Company has released the methods used in its survey of employers following...
Lynn Blewett: Missing the Point - More on the McKinsey Report
June 21, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett Facing mounting criticism of its recent findings about the future of employer-sponsored insurance under the federal...
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