Issues

Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus: How streamlined eligibility and an innovative web-based application tool have impacted enrollment

Publication Year: 
2010

This webinar featured a discussion on Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus, a successful initiative to expand coverage and streamline eligibility.  Presenters included Jim Jones and Theresa Fo

Joel Cantor: Take-Up Likely to be Low in a Temporary High-Risk Pool in NJ

June 23, 2010.  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 makes $5 billion available to fund state-run high-risk insurance pools (HRPs) through 2013.

SHARE Grantee Michael Cousineau Releases Issue Brief

November 3, 2009.  SHARE grantee Michael Cousineau has released a new issue brief based on his evaluation of outreach and enrollment strategies used to target uninsured children in California who are eligible for-but not enrolled in-public programs.  The brief, "Trends in Child Enrollment in California's Public Health Insurance Programs," is the second in a series of three briefs based on Dr. Cousineau's SHARE-sponsored research.

Lynn Blewett Provides Latest Numbers on Uninsured in RWJF Blog

SHADAC's Lynn Blewett wrote about the latest numbers on Americans who lack health insurance in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) health reform blog.

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Insurance, Uninsurance, Underinsurance

Publication Year: 
2009

Presentation by Lynn Blewett, titled "Insurance, Uninsurance, Underinsurance," to the Kansas Health Institute, January 23, 2009, in Topeka, Kansas.

GAO Testimony - State and Local Fiscal Challenges

November 24, 2008. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following testimony: State and Local Fiscal Challenges: Rising Health Care Costs Drive Long-term and Immediate Pressures. GAO-09-210T, November 19 2008

This statement of Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director Strategic Issues, addresses three key points:

Medical Interpreter Neutrality: Few Voices Outside of the Examining Room

Publication Year: 
2004

This SHADAC student paper is a summary of the literature that includes recommendations for future research on how to begin hearing the voices of medical interpreters. September 2004.

Understanding Underinsurance

Publication Year: 
2004

This student project is a critical literature review that examines what it means to be underinsured and the ways of determining the number of people in the United States who are underinsured. The project critically evaluates the typology arguing that it contains various confusions and fails to appreciate the interrelationships that exist between the various aspects of underinsurance. May 2004.

A Comprehensive View of the U.S. Health Care Safety Net

Publication Year: 
2003

This SHADAC student paper provides an overview of the safety net through a comprehensive literature review, focusing specifically on how the safety net is defined, including its providers, recipients, funding sources, and measures. April 2003.

Monitoring Health Access Among Immigrants: Issues and Concerns

Publication Year: 
2003

SHADAC student paper summarizing available information and knowledge about surveying non-English survey speaking respondents, as well as to produce guidelines and recommendations for the next statewide survey. The primary question was whether access to health services for Hispanic and Hmong residents varies along language lines in Minnesota. April 2003.

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