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Insurance Coverage Disruptions and Associated Access and Utilization, 2008 to 2022
Abstract Data availability statement References Supplemental Material Get access More Cite Share options Information, rights and permissions Metrics and citations Abstract U.S. nonelderly adults rely on a patchwork of private and public sources for health insurance. Without universal coverage, changes in employment, income, and public policy can increase individuals’ risk of coverage disruptions.
Can You Apply for Disability If You Have Long COVID?
Updated on September 21, 2023 Key takeaways: If you suspect that you have long COVID, contact your employer's human resources department to ask about Family and Medical Leave Act benefits as well as short-term and long-term disability. Record your physical and mental symptoms. Don't dismiss them as being "in your head." If your symptoms persist, immediately begin the process of applying for Social Security Disability Insurance.
Minnesota’s Targeted Fix To The Family Glitch Should Be An Example
Brief Overview Of The Family Glitch Katie Keith and others have described the details of the family glitch and the role that Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) played in implementing the premium tax credits offered for coverage purchased on the Marketplaces.
US Adults’ Preferences for Public Allocation of a Vaccine for Coronavirus Disease 2019
Research Letter Public Health September 29, 2020 JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(9):e2023020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23020 Introduction A vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2 (SARS-CoV-2) will be essential for mitigating the pandemic. However, given global need, demand is expected to exceed supply.
A new public health crisis: caring for older adults living in nursing homes, assisted living and senior care
Community Voices features opinion pieces from a wide variety of authors and perspectives. (Submission Guidelines) REUTERS/Jason Redmond Lori Spencer and her husband Michael Spencer visit her mom, Judie Shape, 81, who tested positive for coronavirus outside her room at Care Center of Kirkland, the Seattle-area nursing home which is one of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak. Sign up here to get our daily updates on coronavirus in Minnesota delivered straight to your inbox each afternoon.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Minnesota Department of Human Services needs emergency powers
This is an unprecedented moment for our state and our country with the spread of the potentially fatal coronavirus in our communities. To minimize the impact, we need swift and decisive action by our health care institutions, including the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), which serves more than 1 million Minnesotans across all 87 counties and 11 tribes.
Patient Perspectives on the Cultural Competence of US Health Care Professionals
Research Letter Medical Education November 27, 2019 JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(11):e1916105.
Estimated Costs of a Reinsurance Program to Stabilize the Individual Health Insurance Market: National- and State-Level Estimates
What do we already know about this topic? Reinsurance is being considered by state and national policy makers as a strategy to stabilize the individual health insurance market. How does your research contribute to the field? Our research leverages national data resources to estimate the size and spending in the individual market across 4 large states and estimates the costs of a fully funded national reinsurance program. What are your research’s implications toward theory, practice, or policy?
Deductibles Hit $2,000 As Employers Intensify Cost Shift
Cost of medical insurance (Credit: Getty Royalty Free) Annual deductibles for Americans with employer-based health coverage are hurtling toward $2,000 on average, according to new studies analyzing employee medical benefits. As workers peruse their health benefit packages during this fall’s open enrollment, it’s likely they’ll be enrolled in a plan with a higher deductible than last year.
UMN Expert: Medicaid work requirements
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidelines to support state demonstration projects to require work or participation in other community engagement activities, such as skills training or volunteering, as a condition for Medicaid eligibility for able-bodied adults.
Why single-payer is not likely our path forward
I am all for universal health care coverage, and if there were a path forward that led to a single-payer plan in U.S. I would be all for it. But given the complexity of our current multipayer health care system and the current significant role of the private sector in financing health care, I just don’t see the path. New estimates out from the Census Bureau highlight the fact that 67.5 percent of Americans are covered by private health insurance, including employer-based insurance (55.7 percent).
HPM Seminar: Minnesota State Health Policy & Politics, Part II
Professor Lynn Blewett, PhD, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health and Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center will moderate a discussion with Senator Michelle Benson (R-Ham Lake), Chair, Health and Human Services Budget Division and member of the Senate Health Reform Committee and Senator Tony Lourey (DFL-Kerrick), Ranking minority member and former Chair, Health and Human Service Budget Division and member of the Senator Health Reform Committee.
HPM Seminar: Minnesota State Health Policy & Politics, Part I
Professor Lynn Blewett, PhD, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health and Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center will moderate a discussion with The Honorable State Representative Jennifer Schultz, PhD (DFL-Duluth).
HPM Seminar: Minnesota State Health Policy & Politics, Part II
Minnesota State Health Policy and Politics Panel Discussion, Part II Professor Lynn Blewett, PhD, Division of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health Senator Michelle Benson, chair HHS budget division, member of health reform committee, Ham Lake/East Bethel GOP Senator Tony Lourey, ranking minority and former chair HHS budget division and health reform committee, Kerrick DFL Lynn Blewett Michelle Benson Tony Lourey Light refreshments served This event is sponsered by the Division...
MinnesotaCare Buy-In: Maybe Not A Long Shot
States are developing creative policy options to address the high cost of premiums for those purchasing coverage in the individual market. Given the inaction and lack of leadership at the federal level, states need to continue to move forward. Minnesota, of course, is leading the way.
How Minnesota Is Stepping Up To Preserve Its Individual Market
Last December I wrote about the steps Minnesota was taking to save its individual insurance market. The state’s commissioner of commerce negotiated enrollment caps with five insurers in response to the decision of Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) to leave the market, dropping 103,000 individuals from coverage — representing about one-third of Minnesota’s individual market.
An interim plan to stabilize Minnesota's individual health insurance market
The individual market for health insurance has never worked particularly well but is currently set to collapse unless the Minnesota Legislature acts. There is no crystal ball as to what the Republican Congress or the president will do to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how quickly. Given the precarious situation for Minnesota, I am recommending a two-year bridge strategy to tide the state over.
State High-Risk Pools: An Update on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association
State health insurance high-risk pools are a key component of the US health care system's safety net, because they provide health insurance to the “uninsurable.” In 2007, 34 states had individual high-risk pools, which covered more than 200 000 people at a total cost of $1.8 billion. We examine the experience of the largest and oldest pool in the nation, the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, to document key issues facing state high-risk pools in enrollment and financing.
Capping Enrollment To Save Minnesota’s Individual Market
The Minnesota Department of Commerce struck a deal with five health plans in the state’s individual market to prevent a market collapse. In June, Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it was leaving the individual market, with 103,000 individuals left to find a new plan when open enrollment starts on November 1. It was feared that other plans would quickly follow suit.
Counterpoint: Actually, health care reform is working
The Affordable Care Act, entering its sixth year, continues to pick up steam. Of course, the “sky is falling” warnings continue, including those from my University of Minnesota colleague Steve Parente (“The ACA: Trending toward terrible,” Dec 27). The reality is that health reform is covering more people for more services, improving the quality of medical care, and providing medical security for those who need care the most.
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