Bridging the Gap

Ohio Is First State to Accept Sebelius’s CHIP Enrollment Challenge

cauyeung — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:17:21 -0500

March 12, 2010. Ohio has joined a national challenge to sign up uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid/CHIP but not enrolled. The challenge was issued by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on February 4th--the first anniversary of President Obama's CHIPRA signing--and Ohio is the first state to respond.

Enhanced CPS Variables Now Available

SHADAC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:25:56 -0500

March 9, 2010. In fall of 2009 we introduced "enhanced" estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS), providing a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time. These enhanced estimates are useful for policy analysis.

We developed these estimates because the data released by the Census Bureau do not account for some methodological changes that result in known consistency problems. Research conducted by SHADAC since 2000 has proven that these and other problems impact health insurance coverage estimates.

Issue Brief: Lessons from Rhode Island's HEALTHpact Initiative

cauyeung — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:12:04 -0500

March 4, 2010. Edward Miller and the SHARE research team led by Vincent Mor have released an issue brief presenting summary findings from their evaluation of Rhode Island's HEALTHpact initiative.

Watch SHARE Webinar on Tax-Based Medicaid/CHIP Outreach

cauyeung — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:54:58 -0500

The SHARE webinar "Using Income Tax Information to Target Medicaid and CHIP Outreach," was broadcast on February 24^th, and a recording of the event is now available for viewing on SHARE's website.

Anna Sommers' New Brief Examines Employer Participation in New Mexico's SCI Program

cauyeung — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:19 -0500

February 9, 2010. SHARE grantee Anna Sommers, of The Hilltop Institute (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), has released a new issue brief titled, "Small Business Participation in the New Mexico State Coverage Insurance Program: Evaluation Results."

Minnesota Uninsurance Rates Increase

SHADAC — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:30:54 -0500

Feburary 5, 2010. Minnesota released survey results showing that 9.1% of the state's population was uninsured 2009, up significantly from 7.2% in 2007. Much of the increase was due to a decline in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.

Census Microdata Inaccuracies Revealed

SHADAC — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:34:41 -0500

February 3, 2010. Researchers from SHADAC and the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) were highlighted in the New York Times Freakonomics blog on February 2, 2010. "Can you trust Census data?" by Justin Wolfers, showcased the work of MPC's Trent Alexander and NORC's Mike Davern (who worked on this while he was at SHADAC). The research stems from a discovery that the Census public use microdata samples have errors applied inadvertently due to procedures used for disclosure avoidance.

Oregon Opens Lottery for State-Subsidized Insurance to More Low-Income Adults

cauyeung — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:04:36 -0500

February 3, 2010. The state of Oregon has begun expanding the pool from which names of low-income adults are randomly drawn for enrollment in state-subsidized insurance coverage through the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), for which they are eligible through a 1115 Medicaid expansion waiver. The drawings, which began on February 1^st, will be held each month until OHP enrollment increases by 35,000.

Stan Dorn: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies in the House and Senate Health Reform Bills

cauyeung — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:52:35 -0500

January 25, 2010. The Urban Institute has released a new issue brief with findings from RWJF's SHARE grantee Stan Dorn titled, "Reconciling House and Senate Health Reform Proposals: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies that Will Maximize Health Coverage among the Low-Income Uninsured." The brief, featured in a recent Congressional Quarterly article, provides recommendations about how to reconcile the current Senate and House health reform bills in order to facilitate the effective ident

Preliminary Results: Dependent Coverage Expansions Have No Net Impact on Likelihood of Being Insured

cauyeung — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:58:19 -0500

January 21, 2010. SHARE grantee Joel Cantor has released a new issue brief titled, "Dependent Coverage Expansions: Estimating the Impact of Current State Policies," in which Dr.