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... At the same time, on the data front, two major trends are expected to yield a change in the kind of information that will be available to understand the impact of the new health reform legislation on children's health insurance coverage, among other issues. These are the increased attention to the quality of administrative data on the CHIP and Medicaid programs at the federal and state levels and the growing maturity and acceptance of the American Community Survey (ACS)
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From page 57...
... The range of activities that are optional under this task order include verification of Social Security numbers, production of a master file of Medicaid/CHIP enrollment, and linkage of MAX to federal surveys, identified in the solicitation as the National Health Information Survey, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the Longitudinal Study on Aging, the National Nursing Home Survey, the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, and a prototype for the Census Bureau's ACS. Many of the opportunities for matching exist at the state level.
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From page 58...
... The requirement for coverage and the penalty imposed on those who fail to maintain minimum essential health benefits coverage were established by the PPACA, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, in new section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code, and are scheduled to begin in tax year 2014. In general, the legislation requires individuals, beginning in 2014, to maintain health insurance, with some exceptions.
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... Organizations such as the State Health Access Data Assistance Center are focusing on improving understanding of the ACS this year and are engaged in finding out from states what numbers they use so they will be ready for this event. IMPACT OF THE NEW HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION The workshop discussion focused on the critical factor of time in con sidering necessary changes to data systems.
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