Health care reform and the need to provide more Americans with health insurance are vital issues that are currently central to national policy and politics. SSRS is deeply immersed in these issues. Our team serves as research partners to the preeminent organizations in the nation engaged in conducting research about health care reform.

SSRS conducts several surveys per year in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, partnering with the Urban Institute and other organizations to assess the progress of that state’s pioneering efforts in achieving universal health insurance coverage for its citizens. Our research in Massachusetts includes interviewing physicians to understand how they view the outcomes of health reform efforts in their state.

We have also conducted state-wide surveys regarding citizens’ health insurance status in Colorado and Minnesota as well as in the District of Columbia. These studies collect important data about rates of health insurance coverage, access to health care, and health care quality.

Organizations such as the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health regularly turn to SSRS for their survey research needs as they explore the important questions that inform health policy decisions.

SSRS has worked with The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University Of Minnesota School of Public Health on a major study that interviewed over 12,000 MN citizens. SHADAC works to help states monitor rates of health insurance coverage and to understand factors associated with uninsurance.

We are also conducting surveys in several sites as part of a nationwide effort to improve the quality of outpatient healthcare in communities across the country funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. SSRS’s work conducting research in this arena involves using innovative methodologies so that only high-quality data are used to determine the future of health policy. All of these studies involve either dual-frame designs or the use of address-based samples to ensure the inclusion of cell phone only households. We also provide extensive experience working with extremely sophisticated health survey instruments, giving us the understanding we need to help develop outstanding tools for researching the important issues that surround health care reform.