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Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association Enrollee Survey: Assessing the Results (Chartbook)
Publication Year: 2013

This chartbook summarizes the findings of the 2012 Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association (MCHA) Enrollee Survey based on demographics; health characteristics; access and utilization of health coverage; experience with MCHA; topics in health reform; and potential outreach avenues for program administrators. 

The charts in this report are designed to provide snapshots first of the overall MCHA population and then by more specific subpopulations such as income level, geographic residence, and plan deductible.

The figures in this report were created to present a more complete picture of the characteristics of the MCHA population and to aid program administrators in outreach efforts as enrollees transition from MCHA and into other insurance vehicles.

SHADAC Analysis of the Survey of Health Insurance and Program Participation
Publication Year: 2013

This working paper, prepared by SHADAC for the U.S. Census Bureau describes SHADAC's evaluation of experimental health insurance coverage questions for the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).

The Census Bureau developed a set of experimental health insurance coverage questions with the goals of improving the measurement of past year coverage and providing a richer set of coverage measures, including point-in-time coverage and duration of coverage measures. The experimental questions were fielded and contrasted with existing CPS and American Community Survey (ACS) questions in a test called the Survey of Insurance and Program Participation (SHIPP)

SHADAC evaluated the initial test that was conducted between March and May of 2010. The Census Bureau made improvements to the question series based on the results of this evaluation and conducted a content test in March 2013. Based on the results of this content test, the Census Bureau will make a final decision about implementing the re-designed question series later this year.  

State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Insurance
Publication Year: 2013

This report examines state-level trends in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and the factors that influence ESI.

Developing Subannual Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage from the American Community Survey: Challenges and Promising Next Steps
Publication Year: 2013

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.

Enhancing the Value of the American Community Survey for ACA Evaluation: Developing More Timely Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage
Publication Year: 2013

This brief explores the pathways by which subannual ACS estimates could be developed, the feasibility of these pathways, the challenges associated with the development of subannual estimates, and potential next steps to generate subannual estimates.  While the focus of this brief is on developing subannual state-level estimate of health insurance coverage in particular, the strategies discussed could apply to other measures (e.g., employment, family income, and housing arrangements).