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Blog: Using Surveys to Monitor Coverage Transitions During the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement (Cross-Post)
Aug. 09, 2023 : . The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Colin Planalp, SHADAC, and Kevin Caudill, GMMB The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition since the Affordable Care Act. Not surprisingly, policymakers, advocates and the media are watching... Read moreBlog: SHADAC's Lynn Blewett Featured on 'Hospitals in Focus' Podcast
Aug. 03, 2023 : SHADAC Director Dr. Lynn Blewett was recently invited to join Federation of American Hospitals CEO and President Chip Kahn as a guest on his podcast Hospitals in Focus to share her thoughts on the impacts of the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement. The “unwinding” is a term used to describe the progressive ending of the provision included in the Families First... Read moreBlog: Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign left vulnerable groups with lagging rates
Aug. 02, 2023 : Two years after COVID-19 shots became available, demographic disparities in vaccination rates were stark Health inequities are nothing new in Minnesota, but the pandemic placed them in a new light. Numerous studies have reported disparities in how COVID-19 affects many vulnerable groups, often placing them at higher risk of infection, hospitalization, and death. And the inequitable... Read moreBlog: Interventions Likely Prevented Childhood Poverty from Rising During the Pandemic
Jul. 20, 2023 : Research has shown that since the start of the COVID-19 public health crisis, aggressive government interventions, aimed at reducing broader economic fallout as well as individual-level hardship, have been largely sucessful.1 To preempt a potential increase in poverty due to pandemic-related job loss, income loss, and health insurance coverage loss, the federal government... Read moreBlog: Best Practices for Publicly Reporting State Unwinding Data (Cross-Post)
Jun. 30, 2023 : The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, SHADAC Original publication date: June 30, 2023. The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition since the Affordable Care Act. With the restarting of eligibility redeterminations, millions... Read moreBlog: Analyzing Forgone Care by Coverage Type: New on State Health Compare
Jun. 29, 2023 : For most Americans, having health insurance is an important first step to being able to access and afford health care when it is needed. As shown in recent data published on SHADAC’s State Health Compare, adults with health insurance coverage were at least 79% less likely to report having forgone (gone without) medical care when they needed it because of cost than adults without health... Read moreBlog: Staying Alive in America: Minnesota Public Radio Feature
Jun. 26, 2023 : SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp recently joined Angela Davis on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News to discuss life expectancy in the United States. The segment centered on findings from multiple reports, including one out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which showed that the United States’ average life expectancy is not just stagnating but actually decreasing, and a... Read moreBlog: Community and Uninsured Profile In Action: Local Case Studies
Jun. 08, 2023 : With the recent end of the public health emergency and subsequent “unwinding” of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement, many Americans are now having to navigate changes in health insurance coverage. And while coverage transitions aren’t unique to this moment, the unwinding has spurred many states to think critically about how to mitigate the impacts of this event on potentially vulnerable... Read morePages
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