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News:

SHADAC Newsletter Released
May 5, 2008
SHADAC's May 2008 newsletter is available for download.

Cover the Uninsured Report Released:  Cost of Premiums Outpaces Income
April 29, 2008
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a report shows that a growing share of workers’ earnings is being absorbed by the increasing cost of health insurance.  SHADAC researchers conducted this analysis.  Download "Squeezed:  How Costs for Insuring Families are Outpacing Income."

Analysis of Medicaid "Undercount" released
April 15, 2008
The U.S. Census Bureau has released reports for Phases 1 and 2 of the analysis of survey underestimation of Medicaid enrollment.  SHADAC researcher Mike Davern lead this project.  The Census Bureau has published a Web page dedicated to these reports and will be updated as the reports are released.

SHADAC Releases Issue Brief on Response Rates
March 3, 2008
SHADAC researchers have released a new issue brief, "Are Lower Response Rates Hazardous to your Health Survey?"  The brief addresses potential bias due to non-respondents being different than respondents.
Download the brief

Minnesota Rates of Uninsurance Stabilize Following Earlier Increases
January 31, 2008
New results from the 2007 Minnesota Health Access Survey show 7.2 percent of Minnesotans were without health insurance.  After rising between 2001 and 2004, the percentage of Minnesotans without health insurance was stable between 2004 and 2007, according to the results of a new survey by the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. SHADAC Investigator Kathleen Call oversaw this project.
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SHADAC Releases Issue Brief Comparing CPS and State Survey Uninsurance Estimates.
Dec. 5, 2007
SHADAC has released an issue brief, "State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: Why State Survey Estimates Differ from CPS." This is an update of an earlier issue brief from 2001 and provides updated information and new perspectives on the reasons for discrepancies.
Download Issue Brief #12.

SCHIP Editorial Published
November 26, 2007
The St. Paul Pioneer Press recently published an editorial by Lynn Blewett titled, "Ideology fogs up the debate about how to insure kids."  The article is available for online viewing until December 7, 2007.

SHADAC's November Newsletter Released
November 7, 2007
SHADAC's latest newsletter is available for download.

New Crowd-out Issue Brief Released
September 27, 2007
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a new issue brief, "Crowd-out Revisited," as part of its Synthesis Project.  This brief, authored by SHADAC researchers Lynn Blewett and Kathleen Call, updates a previous Research Synthesis on crowd-out, reviewing recent findings on the size of crowd-out, the effectiveness of anti-crowd-out measures and the trade-offs policy-makers face.
Download the brief

Summary of CPS Conference Call Available
August 31, 2007
The summary of SHADAC's August 29 conference call with Chuck Nelson of the Census Bureau to discuss the CPS data release are available for download.

2006 CPS Shows Increase in Uninsurance Rates
August 28, 2007
The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2006 health insurance coverage estimates today.  The percentage people in the U.S. without health insurance increased from 15.3% in 2005 to 15.8% in 2006, representing an increase of 2.2 million uninsured (from 44.8 million to 47.0 million).  The percentage of children under 18 years old without health insurance increased to 11.7% in 2006, from 10.9% in 2005.  

Complete information is available from the Census Bureau
 

2006 CPS Health Insurance Data Release
August 15, 2007
The Census Bureau plans to release the annual CPS estimates of health insurance coverage at a press conference on Tuesday, August 28.  SHADAC will host a conference call with Chuck Nelson of the Census Bureau to discuss the release on Wednesday, August 29, 1:00 to 2:00 PM EDT.

All interested parties are invited to attend the call; please RSVP by e-mail or call 612-624-4802.

Kids Coverage Report Released
August 10, 2007
"A new report on children’s health insurance coverage has been released by Cover the Uninsured.  The report, “Protecting America’s Future:  A State-by-State Look at SCHIP & Uninsured Kids,” shows that 6.6 million children were covered by SCHIP at some point last year.  The report was prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by researchers at SHADAC.
Download the report.

SHADAC's August Newsletter Released
August 6, 2007
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State Reform Evaluation Call for Proposals on August 6
July 27, 2007
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Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS) Data Released
June 28, 2007
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SCHIP Policy Journal Article Reprints Available
June 19, 2007
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Reform Evaluation Program Launched
April 30, 2007
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