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Lynn Blewett: When is an "Exchange" an "Exchange"?
June 7, 2011: From the desk of SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett When is an “exchange” an “exchange?” Medica, a Minnesota-based health insurer, is offering a...
Colorado First State to Pass Exchange Legislation with Bipartisan Support
June 3, 2011: On June 1, 2011, Colorado became the seventh state to put a health insurance exchange into law and the first to pass such a law through a divided Legislature, with...
HHS Changes PCIP Rules: Is Coverage Worth Waiting For?
May 31, 2011: Following lower-than-expected enrollment numbers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced changes meant to facilitate enrollment in...
SHADAC at 2011 AcademyHealth ARM
May 31, 2011:  SHADAC and SHARE researchers will participate in several sessions during the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM), on June 11-14 in Seattle....
NAIC Releases Exchange Governance White Paper Draft
May 25, 2011: The Exchanges Subgroup of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)’s Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee has issued the last in a...
No Significant Change in Utah’s Uninsurance Rate for 2010
May 23, 2011: The Utah Department of Health released 2010 uninsurance estimates last week showing that 10.6 percent of the state’s population lacked health insurance...
Elizabeth Lukanen: States Face Significant Challenges with Exchange IT
May 12, 2011: SHARE Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen spoke to Managed Healthcare Executive (MHE) recently about the challenges issues states are facing as they plan for the...
Large Numbers Sign Up for Expanded Dependent Coverage
May 5, 2011: The Kaiser Family Foundation is reporting that more than 600,000 young adults have joined their parents’ health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act...
Insurance Exchanges: Lessons, Recommendations, and Analysis
April 28, 2011: These recent reports address strategies for state implementation of health insurance exchanges, looking at what strategies have been tried, what alternatives are...
Updated State-Level Wireless Substitution Estimates Released
April 20, 2011:  The National Center for Health Statistics has released updated state-level wireless substitution estimates.  The report, "Wireless Substitution:...
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