State Survey Resource
To help state data users adapt to a changing federal data landscape, SHADAC developed a series of Strategy Briefs; each brief provides a high-level roadmap of an alternative data gap filling strategy, including its advantages, disadvantages, and implementation considerations.
We are developing workgroups for data professionals to connect, strategize, and share knowledge related to filling critical health data gaps. We want your input to inform and shape these workgroups: Join our virtual meeting on June 23rd to provide feedback and learn more.
As part of the EMERGE Initiative, SSRS conducted a survey to better understand the impacts of changes to U.S. federal statistical agencies on data users in various industries and sectors, with SHADAC providing advisory support. A report of survey results has just been released: learn more in this… Read more
The latest data released from the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) show sharp increases in the uninsured rate in the state, increasing from 3.8% (a historic low) to 5.8% between 2023 and 2025. This equates to approximately 116,000 more Minnesotans being uninsured. Learn more in this blog.
In this brief for the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), we use California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data to better understand California health care costs, including whether and how affordability may have changed between 2019 and 2024.
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