SHADAC in the Media
SHADAC is focused on providing sound data that informs health policy decisions and translating complex findings into actionable information that is accessible to a broad audience. Our researchers have a breadth of expertise in a variety of areas including economics, statistics, evaluation, sociology, data visualization, and qualitative and quantitative analysis, and our work has been featured in publications such as Forbes, CNN, U.S. World News & Report, Axios, Washington Examiner, StarTribune, and Politico, among many others. Click a link below to read the latest media stories featuring SHADAC.
If you would like to highlight our work or speak to one of our researchers for an upcoming story, media inquiries are welcome at 612-624-4802 or [email protected].
2026
1/6 – Report: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs Jumped in 2024, Outpacing Inflation
MedCity News
1/5 – Study: Many Iowans’ health insurance premiums fell in recent years
Radio Iowa
1/4 – Healthcare 2026: Three Realities
The Keckley Report
2025
12/31 – 5 notes on employer-sponsored insurance affordability across the country
Becker's Payer Issues
12/23 – Costs For Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans Outpace Inflation Nationally
Open Minds
12/17 – Employer health insurance costs reach record highs in Oregon
Oregon Live
12/17 – Why patients with employer-sponsored insurance may struggle to afford it
Medical Economics
12/12 – Costs for employer-sponsored health insurance plans outpace inflation in all 50 states
McKnight's Senior Living
12/12 – With System's Looming Implosion, Health Care Could Dominate 2026 Elections
The National Memo
12/12 – Cost of single employer-sponsored health plans rising faster in Illinois than U.S.
Crain's Chicago Business
12/12 – Utah families are paying more for health insurance – and Congress can’t agree on a fix
The Salt Lake Tribune
12/11 – Employer-sponsored insurance costs outpaced inflation in 2024
TechTarget
12/10 – Sticker Shock: Health Insurance Costs Crush Inflation As Families Face $4,000 Deductibles
Tampa Free Press
12/10 – Costs for employer-based health insurance outpaces inflation
Insurance News Net
12/10 – The $4,000 Deductible Era: Why Employer-Sponsored Insurance is Breaking the American Worker
HIT Consultant
12/10 – Workers in Wyoming Face Surging Costs for Health Coverage
K2 Radio
12/4 – Global out-of-pocket healthcare cost index 2025
Compare the Market
11/21 – Where the health insurance tax credit debate hits hardest in Minnesota
The Minnesota Star Tribune
11/20 – What the new federal definition of hemp means for businesses and what’s next
KAALTV ABC 6 News
11/19 – America's Uninsured Map Mirrors Its Electoral Map
MoneyGeek
11/4 – The rent crisis that got Zohran Mamdani elected goes far beyond New York City
MarketWatch
11/4 – Minnesota health insurance premiums to rise sharply by 21.5% in 2026 amid expiring federal subsidies and rising costs
The Economic Times
11/4 – ACA marketplace health insurance premiums to rise 21.5% on average in Minnesota, expert says
ABC KSTP Eyewitness News
10/20 – First recreational, non-tribal owned Twin Cities dispensaries open
The Minnesota Daily
10/17 – Minnesota Capitol hearing grapples with deteriorating health insurance landscape
Twin Cities Pioneer Press
10/15 – Fact Check Team: Is the Affordable Care Act still affordable?
The National News Desk
10/14 – America's Uninsured Map Mirrors Its Electoral Map
MoneyGeek
10/2 – Tucson researchers mapped a smarter way to detect valley fever. Politics may unravel it.
AZ Luminaria
9/30 – Best States for Health & Wellness
SmileHub
9/26 – Ladapo’s statement equating vaccines with slavery perplexes Black leaders, doctors
Miami Herald
9/26 – Grieving mother urges parents to talk with kids as fentanyl overdoses soar in the US
KENS 5 San Antonio
9/4 – PROPOSED Rulemaking: DOT Considering Addition of Fentanyl to Drug-Testing Panel
Workforce QA
9/1 – US Opioid Epidemic Hits Record High: 2024 Death Toll Surges
Point of Care Nano-Technology
8/31 – From Marion, Ohio, to the Nation A Day of Remembrance, A Nation in Crisis- Charting the Overdose Epidemic
NewsForce 24/7
8/26 – ‘We are sweating’: Missouri kindergarten vaccination rates fall below immunity threshold
Missouri Independent
8/20 – Can Minnesota cannabis dispensaries compete with black market weed?
MinnPost
8/13 – First Measles Case Reported Near Major Idaho City Since 1990s
KLIX News Radio
8/13 – A guide to consuming cannabis safely
The Minnesota Star Tribune
8/11 – The Health Divide: Measles cases have hit a three-decade high, and not everyone is equally protected
USC Center for Health Journalism
7/28 – Best & Worst States for Health Care (2025)
WalletHub
7/22 – Disappearing Data: Why Local Health Information Must Be Protected
NYHealth
7/14 – Morrisey says WV health won’t suffer with weakened vaccine laws. Experts disagree.
West Virginia Watch
6/25 – MDH, University of Minnesota survey finds most Minnesotans see Medicaid as 'very important'
Post Bulletin
6/18 – Opinion: Healthcare cuts harm households and hospitals alike
The Minnesota Daily
6/6 – From HIV to Hormone Therapy, Medicaid Cuts Threaten Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Community
Capital B News Atlanta
6/3 – This Remote State Has the Most Affordable Health Insurance: See How Yours Stacks Up
Investopedia
5/28 – How the proposed changes to Medicaid could affect Minnesotans
MPR News
5/22 – Youth Social Media Use and Associations With Suicide Risk
ACHI
5/21 – CT is underfunding public health despite growing risks
Connecticut Health Policy Project
5/13 – Hidden barriers: The factors keeping N.J. kids from getting vaccinated
NJ Advance Media
5/8 – Minnesota Medicaid explained: Who’s on it, how much it costs, what could change
MinnPost
5/3 – The Average Life Expectancy In West Virginia Is Lower Than The National Average
Health Digest
4/28 – Out-of-pocket healthcare: Average costs and how to finance them
Bankrate
4/23 – Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: Evidence Roundup
Center for Health Care Strategies
4/22 – Ohio public health one of the worst funded in the country, faces further cuts in state budget
Ohio Capital Journal
4/17 – States that enshrined Medicaid expansion in their constitutions could be in a bind
Stateline
4/16 – Anti-vaccine advocates battle over narrative in West Texas, downplaying role of measles in deaths
The Texas Tribune
4/14 – Wisconsin’s public health crisis deepens amid stalled spending, racial disparities
The Badger Herald
4/14 – The cost of the measles outbreak in Texas
Texas Public Radio
4/13 – Takeaways from AP’s report on how flat funding set stage for Texas measles outbreak, might fuel more
Associated Press
3/26 – These are the US states where adults are struggling to pay medical bills most
National World
3/21 – Locals hope to save lives with Narcan boxes
Murray State News
3/18 – Opioid deaths third highest cause of death in youth, UMN study says
Minnesota Daily
3/10 – With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles
The Texas Tribune
2/28 – 5 Key Trends in Healthcare Payments to Watch
CareCredit
2/19 – Vaccinations guarded children during last year's pertussis spike in Alaska
Wrangell Sentinel
2/16 – Louisiana Surgeon General Advocates Personal Choice for Vaccinations, With Limited Discussions Around Immunizations
Contagion Live
2/14 – Vaccination proved an effective safeguard for kids during Alaska’s pertussis spike, report says
Alaska Beacon
2/1 – Language Access in Insurance: Helping LEP Consumers Get Access to the Marketplace
Language Network
1/21 – High-Deductible Health Plan Enrollment Falls for 2nd Straight Year; Now Below 50%
ValuePenguin
1/19 – Understanding the Opioid Crisis
Blue Star Recovery
1/16 – How Did Fentanyl Become More Popular than Heroin?
Narconon
1/14 – Best Online Nursing Programs in Connecticut – 2025 Accredited RN to BSN Programs
Research.com
1/6 – Healthcare Policy in Tennessee
Ballotpedia
Previous Years:
SHADAC in the Media, 2022
SHADAC in the Media, 2021
SHADAC in the Media, 2020
SHADAC in the Media, 2019
SHADAC in the Media, 2018
SHADAC in the Media, 2017