United Way Leadership Forum: The New Faces of the Uninsured
December 2, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN (View the Event Summary)

• Lynn Blewett presented on the proposed Medicaid expansions under federal reform and the potential impact of auto-coverting GAMC enrollees into MinnesotaCare. View the presentation.

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 2009 Annual Research Conference
November 5-7 2009 in Washington DC

• Panel: "Insights into Health Insurance Coverage from Linked Data"
  • Kathleen Call, Discussant, "The Problem, Progress Made and Prospects for the Future: Insights from Linked Data." View the presentation.
  • Michael Davern, Panelist, "The Medicaid Undercount and the Count of the Uninsured."

Mount Zion Temple
October 11, 2009 in St. Paul MN

• Lynn Blewett, "New Update on National Health Reform: A Moving Target," presented to Jewish Community Action members. View the presentation.

Maximizing Enrollment for Kids Meeting
September 24-25 2009 in Washington DC.

• Kathleen Call, "Data for Monitoring the Uninsured at the State Level." View the presentation.

Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Budget Division
August 18 2009 in St. Paul MN.

• Lynn Blewett, "Update on National Reform: A Moving Target." View the presentation.
• Jean Abraham, "Tackling the Tough Topics: The public plan option, employer pay or play, and paying for health care." View the presentation.

Joint Statistical Meetings
August 1-6 in Washington DC.

• Mike Davern, "Using Linked Survey and Administrative Records Studies to Partially Correct Survey Program Participation for Timely Policy Research Purposes." View the presentation.

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting and adjunct State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting
June 27-30 2009 in Chicago IL.

• Lynn Blewett, panel moderator, "Early Results from the State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) Program," June 27, 2009 (State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting). View the presentation.
  • Anna Sommers' presentation, "Evaluating Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico's State Coverage Insurance Program". View the presentation.
  • Joel Cantor's presentation, "State Policies Expanding Dependent Coverage to Young Adults in Private Health Insurance Plans". View the presentation.
  • Ronald Deprez's presentation, "Achieving Universal Coverage through Comprehensive Health Reform: The Vermont Experience". View the presentation.
  • Jeffery Talbert's poster presentation, "Access to Dental Services for Children in Medicaid: The Impact of Reimbursement" View the presentation.
• Lynn Blewett, panelist for the session, "Using Research in the Real World," June 29, 2009. View the presentation.
• Michael Davern, panel chair,"Unstable Ground? Comparing Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Estimates from Major National Surveys," June 29, 2009. View the presentation.
  • John Czajka's presentation, "Income and Poverty in 2002:The View from Five Surveys". View the presentation.
  • Chris Peterson's presentation, "Survey Estimates of Uninsurance and Income: Use with Congress". View the presentation.
  • Michael O'Grady's presentation, "Unstable Ground? Comparing Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Estimates from Major National Surveys". View the presentation.
• Brian Quinn, panel chair, "The Lab Reports: Evaluating State's Actions to Expand Access and Coverage," June 30, 2009.
  
  • Thomas DeLeire's presentation, "Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus Coverage Expansion: Early Evaluation Results". View the presentation.
  • Genevieve Kenney's presentation, "Effects of Medicaid Reform on Access to Care, Program Sustainability & Administrative Efficiency in Idaho and Kentucky".
  • Sharon Long's presentation, "An Evaluation of the Impacts of State Health Reform Initiatives in Illinois, Massachusetts & New York". View the presentation.
  • Anna Sommers' presentation, "Evaluating Small Group Employer Participation in New Mexico's State Coverage Insurance Program". View the presentation.

Minnesota Health Reform Review Council
June 18, 2009 in St. Paul, MN

• Lynn Blewett, "Update on National Health Reform: A Moving Target." View the presentation.
• Bryan Dowd, "Tax Treatment of Health Insurance Premiums; Pooling and a 'Public' Plan." View the presentation.

American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Annual Meeting
May 14-17 2009 in Hollywood, FL.

• Kathleen Call, "Can Post-Stratification Adjustments Correct Telephone Survey Estimates for Coverage Bias Associated with Not Sampling Cell Phone Only Households?" May 14, 2009. View the presentation.
• Mike Davern, "Using Survey to Administrative Record Linkage Studies to Partially Correct Survey Program Participation for Timely Policy Research Purposes." May 15, 2009. View the presentation.
• Jeanette Ziegenfuss, "A Correction for the Full-Supplement Imputation Bias in the Current Population Survey’s Annual and Social Economic Supplement." May 16, 2009. View the presentation.

Current Issues in Survey Methods for State Health Surveys (SHADAC Workshop)
January 13, 2009 in Washington, DC.

• All presentations and session information are available here.