Mar. 16, 2023:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Original publication date: March 16, 2023.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, SHADAC
This expert perspective was updated on March 13, 2023.
The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage...Read More
Mar. 15, 2023:Originally published December 2016.
Updated March 2023 by SHADAC Research Assistant Adey Fentaw.
This technical brief provides guidance on how to run tests for statistically significant differences using estimates and their associated margins of error from SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool...Read More
Mar. 10, 2023:Project Overview
People who experience health inequities based on race, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, and other factors, are a longstanding and pervasive problem that is deeply rooted in discrimination and structural racism. The Medicaid program, through...Read More
Mar. 10, 2023:Date: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. Central / 1:00 p.m. Eastern
SHADAC is hosting a one hour webinar on Wednesday, April 5th at 12 p.m. CST/1 p.m. ET to discuss the rising Medicaid undercount. With many states and stakeholders eager to understand the topic...Read More
Feb. 27, 2023:Each year, SHADAC covers the releases of health insurance coverage data from major federal surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS), both of which are overseen by the U.S. Census Bureau.1 Not only do these data provide an understanding of trends...Read More
Feb. 21, 2023:.
How the CDC’s recent shift will impact calculations for birth and death rates
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently changed the population estimates they use to calculate population-level rates in...Read More
Feb. 15, 2023:Twenty-five years ago, a watershed study on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) first established a relationship between childhood trauma and long-term health impacts that can last well into adulthood.1 Since then, numerous related studies have corroborated the association between ACEs and...Read More
Feb. 15, 2023:Authors: Colin Planalp, MPA and Andrea Stewart, MA
Drawing on data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, this brief investigates the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disparities in ACEs exposure by children’s race, family income...Read More
Feb. 09, 2023:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Original publication date: February 9, 2023.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, SHADAC
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act implemented a Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement which...Read More
Feb. 02, 2023:Following the release of 2021 single-year estimates of health insurance coverage, household income, and poverty levels, the U.S. Census Bureau has published 5-year ACS data files. These estimates are created by pooling together five years of ACS data to produce estimates for areas and subgroups...Read More
Feb. 01, 2023:Research has consistently shown that surveys that measure health insurance coverage underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid; this is known as the “Medicaid undercount.” SHADAC researchers have long monitored and investigated the magnitude, causes, and effects of the Medicaid...Read More
Jan. 30, 2023:Research has consistently shown that health insurance coverage surveys underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the extent of this “Medicaid undercount” varies greatly across surveys and states. Among these surveys that measure health insurance coverage, the American...Read More
Jan. 24, 2023:This journal article was originally published in Volume 48, Issue 1 of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (JHPPL).
Authors: Lynn A. Blewett, PhD, MPA, Natalie Schwehr Mac Arthur, PhD, MAc, and James Campbell
SHADAC researchers recently published an article...Read More
Jan. 24, 2023:Updated January 2023.
An overview of the states with 1332 reinsurance waivers approved, withdrawn, or pending:
For additional in-depth state-level detail, click on the table below, or, scroll further for a timeline of 1332 Waiver reinsurance proposal developments.
function...Read More
Jan. 20, 2023:The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies, published on January 19, 2023.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Robert Hest, SHADAC
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have played a key role in the response to the COVID-19...Read More
Jan. 18, 2023:
Check out our new video to learn tips and tricks for using SHADAC’s State Health Compare
SHADAC’s State Health Compare is a go-to resource for more than 45 data measures on a range of health topics including insurance coverage; cost of care; health...Read More
Jan. 11, 2023:The Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) is the largest national database of current Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiary information collected from U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (DC).1 T-MSIS data are critical for...Read More
Jan. 11, 2023:Each year, SHADAC uses data released from the American Community Survey (ACS) via the U.S. Census Bureau's data.census.gov tool to produce estimates of uninsurance at the state and county level.*
Click on a state in the interactive map below to view a PDF table of uninsured rates by state and...Read More
Dec. 15, 2022:As part of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently published a second round of health insurance coverage estimates for the first half of 2022, covering the months of January to June.
Uninsurance was again...Read More
Dec. 09, 2022:Authors: Jeremy Duval, Natalie Mac Arthur, Kathleen Call
Definitions
Cisgender/cis: A person whose gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth.
Transgender/trans: A person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at...Read More