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The U.S. Census Bureau in September 2012, released the annual estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) of the number and percentage of Americans who lacked health insurance coverage in calendar year 2011.
Today marks the second in a series of two data releases from the U.S. Census Bureau this month: findings from the 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) were released this morning.
CHI's latest fact sheet summarizes findings from today's release of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. According to the CPS, Colorado's uninsured rate increased from 12.9 percent in 2010 to 15.7 percent in 2011.
While opponents are clearly unified in their continued efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act, it is less clear what they are proposing as an alternative. A recent trip I took to the Woodstock for health services research geeks – otherwise known as AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting – offered clues.
Adults represent the vast majority—about 83 percent—of Colorado’s uninsured. Digging deeper, CHI finds wide variation within that group of uninsured adults.
Adults represent the vast majority—about 83 percent—of Colorado’s uninsured. A new CHI publication finds wide variation within that group of uninsured adults.
Although often referred to as a somewhat-monolithic population, research on the characteristics, costs and service use of dual eligibles found variation and diversity among the “duals”.
What this Analysis with Altitude entry lacks in actual analysis, it makes up for in pictures of cute kids with access to health care.
Regardless of the fate of the ACA, more work needs to be done to ensure that our nation’s veterans are receiving health insurance and needed health care.
Before you gulp down six-plus cups of coffee in order to live longer, remember that causal relationships are often not so simple.