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Report: Insurance Coverage Transitions After the Medicaid Unwinding
New SHADAC Brief Uses CPS Data to Study Insurance Coverage Transitions After Medicaid Unwinding
This brief studied insurance coverage transitions after the Medicaid unwinding using 2024 Current Population Survey data, including understanding the share of those who transitioned off of Medicaid to other coverage or became uninsured, and the factors associated with various transition types. Read More
Journal article cover page, titled, "three forms of provider discrimination on access to health care and mental health"
Research on Effects of Provider Discrimination in Health Care Published in Medical Care Journal
Discrimination in health care settings is an understudied factor in health care access and health outcomes, particularly for mental health. Even fewer studies have looked specifically at the intersections of multiple forms of unfair treatment in relation to provider discrimination, health care… Read More
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Comparing Federal Government Surveys That Count the Uninsured: 2024
Accurate estimates of uninsured rates (the percentage of people that do not have insurance coverage, also referred to as uninsurance) are important in understanding trends and the impacts of actions, events, or shifts in the economic landscape that may affect health insurance coverage. Learn more… Read More
Cover page of "Provider Discrimination by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity"
Research Letter, “Provider Discrimination by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” Published in Journal of General Internal Medicine
SHADAC Senior Research Associate Natalie Schwehr Mac Arthur and co-authors wanted to better understand provider discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in Minnesota. Their analysis of 2021 & 2023 data from the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) has been published by… Read More
Spreadsheet of all state Medicaid and CHIP program names. Access the spreadsheet in the link.
State Health Insurance Program Names: 2024
For almost two decades, SHADAC has created an Excel spreadsheet that details & documents the names of state health insurance programs for all states and DC. This resource provides clear information for both policymakers and consumers, helping them to understand the coverage they do (or do not)… Read More
Self reported cannabis use in the past 30 days by age group. Long description found in first three paragraphs of the section in brief titled "Self-reported Cannabis Use by Age Subgroups"
SHADAC and UMN Cannabis Research Center (CRC) Release New Brief: Cannabis Use Across the States in the Early Legalization Era
In this brief, titled "Cannabis Use Across the States in the Early Legalization Era", we use data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand how legalization may be impacting cannabis use prevalence between states and age groups. Read More
Medicaid BAC member engagement tracker tool including a table with spots to record different BAC member comments on topics along with recommendations/affirmations for each comment and topic.
Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Council Reporting Toolkit (SHVS Cross-Post)
Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Councils (BACs) are an important mechanism by which states can implement transformational community engagement within their Medicaid programs. This resource helps support data collection and evaluation of these groups. Read More
Sobering Statistics: Acceleration of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Across the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sobering Statistics: Acceleration of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Across the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alcohol attributable deaths have been rising since 2006. Alcohol death rates accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic - learn more about how this is affecting different demographic groups in our latest brief. Read More
Cover of underlying factors of medicare publication
Underlying Factors of Medicaid Inequities: Conversations with Experts on Racism and Medicaid
Medicaid serves as a vital public health safety net for over 79 million people, including many from historically excluded or marginalized communities. There is a great opportunity to improve Medicaid programs’ accountability for persistent health inequities by confronting the historical... Read More
Children's Uninsurance by Race and Ethnicity Using American Community Survey (ACS) Data
Children's Uninsurance by Race and Ethnicity Using American Community Survey (ACS) Data
The page provides data for children's uninsurance by race and ethnicity from 2017 through 2022... Read More