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This blog documents the expected 2025 releases of data from many federal health-related surveys and the data's current status—published (on-time or delayed); not yet published; or status remains uncertain.
In response to uncertainty about whether the federal government may eliminate or scale back important surveys, SHADAC has undertaken a new project called State Alternatives for Health Data Continuity, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Learn more about the project in this blog.
In May 2025, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) partnered with SHADAC on a survey to assess how Minnesotans perceive the Minnesota Medicaid program (known as Medical Assistance in Minnesota). You can read the details of the survey and our findings in this blog.
This Basics Blog explores health care costs and affordability by defining key terms and summarizing how some of the most recent state-level household surveys are asking health care consumers about these topics.
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
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.
On November 8, 2024, The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage from the
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.