Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills
Release Date:
11/21/2014
United States ranks last among 11 nations surveyed.
Related Content
People with Health Insurance Still Can't Afford All the Care They Need
Release Date:
11/14/2014
Commonwealth Fund reports that at least 13 percent of privately insured adults spend at least 10 percent of their income on medical care.
Keeping Covered: The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans
Release Date:
10/24/2014
The Commonwealth Fund answers commonly asked questions about the ACA's upcoming reenrollment period.
Primary Care Doctors on the Front Lines of Medicine Are Burning Out
Release Date:
10/20/2014
Commonwealth Fund reports that the lack of primary care doctors is detrimental to creating an efficient health care system.
Commonwealth Fund Ranks US Health Care Last Among World's Wealthiest Nations
Release Date:
10/16/2014
United States falls short on access to health care and cost of coverage.
Number of Latinos with Insurance Surges with Affordable Care Act, According to Commonwealth Fund Report
Release Date:
09/25/2014
Commonwealth Fund Report examines effects of Affordable Care Act on historically underinsured communities.
Commonwealth Fund Poll Shows Majority Happy with ObamaCare Plans
Release Date:
09/18/2014
According to a survey performed by the Commonwealth Fund, about 70 percent of people are happy with their government exchange health plan.
All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement
Release Date:
09/11/2014
The Commonwealth Fund examines three American communities (Southern Arizona, West Central Michigan, Western New York) to determine if and how poverty affects the quality of health care.
Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?
Release Date:
09/09/2014
The Commonwealth Fund explores the relationship between health care costs and the economic gap between wealthy Americans and everybody else.
Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?
Release Date:
08/26/2014
John E. Craig, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Commonwealth Fund, examines the relationship between intramural spending and grant distribution.
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., M.B.A., founder and chief executive officer of the New York–based health care investment firm Consonance Capital, has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors.
"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs
Release Date:
07/28/2014
America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...
Uninsured Rate Drops From 20 Percent to 15 Percent Due To ACA
Release Date:
07/10/2014
In the wake of the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period, significantly fewer working-age adults are uninsured than just before the sign-up period began, and many have used their new coverage to obtain needed care, according to a new...
Kathleen Regan To Join Commonwealth Fund As Executive Vice President and COO
Release Date:
07/09/2014
Kathleen Regan will become The Commonwealth Fund’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on Jan. 1, 2015, succeeding John E. Craig, Jr.
Americans' Wait Time To See Doctors Is Longer Than in Many Other Countries
Release Date:
07/05/2014
Many Americans wait six days or more to see a doctor when they are sick and need care, ranking the United States toward the bottom in a Commonwealth Fund study of wait times for treatment in 11 countries.
ACA May Be Modified, But Based On Enrollments, It's Here To Stay
Release Date:
07/02/2014
Now that an estimated 20.1 million Americans have insurance because of the Affordable Care Act—and as that number grows—the wholesale repeal of the law is less likely, Commonwealth Fund President David Blumental, M.D., and Sara R. Collins, Ph.D.,...
19 States May Be Violating Laws Requiring Them To Assist Consumers With Health Care Choices
Release Date:
06/25/2014
A Commonwealth Fund analysis finds that 19 states may be in violation of laws requiring them to assist consumers understand their insurance options under the Affordable Health Care Act.
Huge Gap Found Among States In Long-Term Services Quality and Access
Release Date:
06/20/2014
The quality and accessibility of long-term supports and services depends in large part on where you live, according to a new report by AARP, The Commonwealth Fund, and the SCAN Foundation.
It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma
Release Date:
06/09/2014
Dr. David Blumenthal, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Fund, says that the United States needs "creative new solutions to protect the avalanche of boomers against a huge threat to the quality of their ever longer lives."
Individual Market Insurance Premiums Grew 10 Percent Yearly Prior to Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
06/05/2014
Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before the Affordable Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.