This report was prepared jointly by authors at the Urban Institute and SHADAC for the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).  In it, the authors make the case that the value of the American Community Survey (ACS) for the purposes of monitoring and evaluating the ACA could be improved through the generation of subannual estimates of insurance coverage, because such estimates would provide a closer temporal link between state decisions and insurance outcomes than is discernable using annual estimates.  The authors describe how ACS subannual estimates could be developed, the challenges associated with this task, and potential next steps.

On this webinar Dr. Lara Shore-Sheppard, Professor of Economics at Williams College, discusses the income dynamics among health reform expansion populations moving into, out of, and between coverage eligibility categories defined by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).