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2021 ACS: Estimates Show Declining Uninsurance Rates Across 28 States, Driven by Rise in Public Coverage and Fall in Private Coverage
Sep. 15, 2022 : In a slight departure from their normal process, the U.S. Census Bureau released all 2021 estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) today, which included state-level information about health insurance coverage by coverage type as well by certain demographic categories. The Census Bureau also released an accompanying report and blog post highlighting many of the changes seen... Read moreCPS ASEC: 2021 National Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Show Falling Uninsured and Private Coverage Rates Across Population Demographics (Infographic)
Sep. 13, 2022 : The U.S. Census Bureau has released an initial report detailing the state of health insurance coverage in the United States for 2021. Drawing on data from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), the report highlights good news overall as the percentage of the population without health insurance coverage at any point in 2021 fell to 8.3% from 8.6% in 2020—a... Read moreBlog & News: Employer-Sponsored Insurance (2019-2021): A National-Level Look at Cost and Coverage Rates (Infographic)
Aug. 30, 2022 : Throughout the United States, a majority of Americans and their families receive health insurance coverage through their employer. In 2021, the number of individuals enrolled in this type of coverage–known as employer-sponsored insurance or ESI–exceeded 62.2 million. In this blog, infographic, and companion documents, SHADAC researchers use data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance... Read moreBlog & News: Assessing Physician Acceptance of Medicaid Patients Using State Health Compare
Aug. 25, 2022 : In order for the more than 80 million Medicaid beneficiaries to access needed care in a timely manner, there must be a sufficient number of health care providers to serve these patients. There has long been concern that providers are less likely to accept Medicaid patients than patients with other types of health insurance coverage, making it difficult for individuals with Medicaid coverage to... Read moreBlog & News: 2022 NHIS Early Release: Estimates from Quarter 1 (January-March) show potential post-pandemic rebounds in health insurance coverage
Aug. 08, 2022 : The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage beginning in January 2021 through March 2022 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. After disruptions to data collection operations due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, NHIS quarterly estimates for 2022 were able to collect and... Read moreBlog & News: Now Available on State Health Compare: Five Updated Measures and One Brand New Measure
Jul. 25, 2022 : Estimates for five measures of health care access, affordability, and use have now been updated on SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool. One new measure, Had Dental Visit has also been added to the tool. The new and updated measures are all produced using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). SHADAC produces these... Read moreBlog & News: Understanding the Medicaid MAGI and CHIP Application Process Time Performance Indicator
Jul. 21, 2022 : The speed and accuracy with which state Medicaid programs process applications will become increasingly important as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) comes to an end. Once states phase out the PHE, they will have to manage new Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) applications at the same time they start processing the unprecedented volume of redeterminations and... Read moreBlog & News: Pandemic-Era Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance (ESI), 2019-2020
Jul. 07, 2022 : The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt many patterns of life and work in the United States and internationally, while exacerbating many long-standing concerns regarding health care affordability, access, and utilization as well as rates of health insurance coverage for Americans. In this regard, one area of potential pandemic-related impact to consider is coverage rates for employer-sponsored... Read moreBlog & News: Updates to Minnesota's Community and Uninsured Profile Resource to Reflect 2016-2020 ACS Estimates
Jun. 02, 2022 : Following the release of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year data file (2016-2020), SHADAC has made important updates to the Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile resource to incorporate an analysis of the 2020 data. The Community and Uninsured Profile can be used in two ways: (1) to support other equity-focused work, advocacy work, strategic planning,... Read moreReports and Briefs: State and Federal Relief Prevented Deep Backslide in Health Care Affordability in California in 2020 (CHCF Cross Post)
May. 18, 2022 : The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation. It was first published on May 18, 2022. Author: Colin Planalp, Research Fellow, SHADAC In 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic meant the imposition of incredible burdens on every corner of US society, particularly the health care system and the people it serves. There were well-founded fears that the pandemic... Read morePages
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