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Newly released Q3 NHIS data show significant changes in health insurance coverage coincident with the Medicaid unwinding. In this blog, we cover relevant changes in health insurance coverage compared to the same period the year prior, and changes by various breakdowns.
To maintain State Health Compare (SHC) as a relevant and current resource for data users, SHADAC regularly evaluates our collection of SHC measures to ensure they inform current health care and health policy discussions.
Survey Data Season Essentials: ACS vs CPS: What Is the Difference Between These Two Federal Surveys?
In this blog, we will discuss the similarities and differences between two of the biggest federal survey resources available: the ACS and the CPS ASEC.
The U.S. Census Bureau released 2023 health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) yesterday, September 12, 2024. These estimates include both national- and state-level information about health insurance coverage by type, as well by certain demographic categories.
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.
Over the past five years, the makeup of the health insurance coverage marketplace in the United States has changed considerably due in large part to the COVID-19 related public health emergency (PHE) and its effects, both immediate and delayed. The arrival of the coronavirus caused an unprecedented… Read more
Today, September 10, 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau released an initial report containing data on health insurance coverage across the United States in 2023, drawn from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). This latest issue in the long-running line of… Read more
On Thursday, September 26th at 1:00 PM CST, SHADAC hosted a webinar covering the release of new Census data on health insurance coverage estimates for 2023. The estimates come from two key federal surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau: The American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current… Read more
The Child and Adult Core Sets were established to measure the quality of care for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees, nationally and at the state level, based on a uniform set of measures. The goal of the Core Sets is to monitor performance and improve the… Read more
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage beginning in October 2022 through December 2023 from the National Health In