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2019 ACS: Insurance Coverage Overall Fell Nationwide and among the States, with Private and Public Coverage Declines Seen at the State Level
Sep. 17, 2020 : The U.S. Census Bureau has released 1-year estimates from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS), including state-level information about health insurance coverage by type. This post focuses on private and public coverage. The State Story Nationally, the health insurance coverage rate was 90.8% in 2019, down from 91.1% in 2018. This overall drop in coverage was reflected by significant... Read more2019 ACS: Rising National Uninsured Rate Echoed Across 19 States; Virginia Only State to See Decrease (Infographics)
Sep. 15, 2020 : New 2019 health insurance coverage estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) were released this morning, and findings from the survey show the national rate of uninsured increased from 8.9% in 2018 to 9.2% in 2019. This 0.3 percentage-point increase represents approximately 1.07 million more individuals without health insurance in 2019, almost double... Read moreBlog & News: State Health Compare Adds New Social Determinants Measure: Percent of Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences
Sep. 14, 2020 : A new State Health Compare measure examines the prevalence and degree of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among different demographic groups, with estimates available across the states and over time. The ACEs estimates in State Health Compare are generated through SHADAC analysis of the National Survey of Children’s... Read moreBlog & News: Expert Perspective: States’ Reporting of COVID-19 Health Equity Data (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)
Sep. 12, 2020 : The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies. It was first published on April 22, 2020. Authors: Emily Zylla and Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Throughout the coronavirus pandemic SHADAC has been tracking which states are regularly reporting data that could help shed light on the health equity issues of this crisis. Collecting disaggregated demographic... Read moreBlog & News: 2019 NHIS Full-Year Insurance Coverage Estimates Early Release: Uninsurance Increases, Variation among Public and Private Coverage
Sep. 11, 2020 : The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for 2019 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. These are both the first available full-year coverage estimates for 2019 from a federal survey as well as the first full-year estimates released since the NHIS questionnaire was redesigned and launched in... Read moreBlog & News: Employer-Sponsored Insurance, 2015-2019: Premiums Hit New Highs and Deductibles Resume Increases after Brief Plateau (Infographic)
Sep. 10, 2020 : More than 62.5 million private sector workers in the United States received health insurance benefits from their employer in 2019, and, according to SHADAC researchers, paid higher-than-ever premiums for their health plans last year. Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC), a new analysis from SHADAC highlights the experiences of private sector workers... Read morePresentations: September 23rd Webinar - An Annual Conversation with the U.S. Census Bureau: 2019 Health Insurance Coverage Data from the American Community Survey (ACS) & Current Population Survey (CPS)
Sep. 04, 2020 : Date: September 23, 2020 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central / 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern SHADAC will host a webinar on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, that will examine the new 2019 health insurance coverage data at both the national and the state level, as well as by coverage type, from both the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey Annual Social... Read moreBlog & News: Addressing Persistent Medicaid Enrollment and Renewal Challenges as Rolls Increase
Sep. 02, 2020 : Growth in Medicaid enrollment is expected to accelerate as a result of both the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic downturn. An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), for example, shows that by January 2021, nearly 17 million people could be newly eligible for Medicaid.i In June, the Georgetown Center for Children and Families reported that Medicaid enrollment in 15... Read moreBlog & News: After drop in 2018, newer data indicate a resurgence in drug overdose deaths
Aug. 26, 2020 : While new SHADAC research found small but statistically significant declines in opioid and drug overdose death rates during 2018, newer data indicate those reductions may have been short-lived. Overall, in 2018, drug overdose death rates declined 4.6 percent as compared to the prior year, but our analysis also found variation in amounts and direction of changes in individual types of drugs. For... Read moreBlog & News: SHADAC COVID-19 Survey Chartbooks Provide Visualizations of Coronavirus Impacts on Health Insurance Coverage, Access and Affordability of Care, and Pandemic Stress Levels of U.S. Adults
Aug. 24, 2020 : Earlier this year, SHADAC published initial results from a two-part survey designed by our researchers to measure the impacts of the novel coronavirus on health care access and insurance coverage, as well as COVID-related worries and coping responses, for adults in the United States. The “SHADAC COVID-19 Survey” was fielded in late April 2020 as part of the AmeriSpeak omnibus survey conducted by... Read morePages
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