Researchers with Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, in collaboration with the New Jersey State Policy Lab, have developed a report which is intended to serve as the first comprehensive state-by-state guide of health insurance literacy educational resources and/or interventions available across the U.S.
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Social Determinants, Health Policy, & Public Health
Dean Stuart Shapiro and the EJB Talks podcast have returned for season 13 with assistant teaching professor Katie Pincura. Connecting her own experiences navigating health systems in Canada and the U.S. with her work fueled her interest in health policy and ultimately led her to pursue an MPH and DrPH. Since arriving at Rutgers’ Bloustein School last year, Katie has sought to integrate her students’ lived experiences into public health policy by encouraging them to critically examine the trade-offs between individual freedoms and collective well-being.
Winecoff: Working Paper on Health Insurance Enrollment
Enrollment in one public benefit program often affects enrollment in others. We study life-course spillovers by examining how access to publicly subsidized health insurance prior to age 65 affects public benefit choices at the age of Medicare eligibility.
EJB Talks–Exploring the Path to Health Administration: Insights from Professor Jane Kaye
Dean Stuart Shapiro talks about the path to a career in health administration with Assistant Teaching Professor Jane Kaye on EJB Talks this week.
Research by Kostiaev, Chakravarty and Cantor: Effect of Eased Restrictions for Aca-Exempt Short-Term Health Plans on Marketplace Premiums and Uninsured Rate
This paper examines one type of ACA exempt plan option, Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI). While longer-duration STLDI plans may result in lower costs for some, they have negative consequences for others requiring comprehensive coverage with no discernible benefit in overall coverage rates.
Business Report: Health insurance premiums, higher minimum wage
Teachers and school employees are the latest workers facing sharply higher health insurance premiums. The state’s School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission voted to increase rates by about 15% for next year. Last week, a separate commission approved double-digit...
NJ alleges familiar benefits fraud in Wildwood
When we saw the words "health benefits fraud" in a headline recently, our first thought was finally, a step toward justice in the massive kickbacks to public employees in South Jersey for submitting bogus prescriptions to their lavishly funded state health...
Rutgers study: Uninsured Americans getting COVID vaccine at much lower rates
Any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines can be had easily and equitably in New Jersey right now, with more than 1,800 vaccination sites in operation around the state. The shots are available free of charge regardless of health insurance status, but numbers crunched at...
Poll: Those without health insurance less vaccinated
A new survey released June 14 finds much lower COVID-19 vaccination rates among those without health insurance, even though the vaccines are free. The report by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University found that 55.6% of...
Research: People with health insurance are vaccinated more than those without
A new national survey by Soumitra Bhuyan, Julia Sass Rubin; and Joel Cantor and Alexis Rittweger, a research assistant analyzes distribution and acceptance of the COVID19 vaccine across groups of gender, age, education, race, and region.