Today, every state covers populations and services that go well beyond Medicaid’s minimum standards regarding which ...

Medicaid provides critical health care to Americans with low income and generates a powerful return on investment for all ...

States could see billions of dollars in reduced economic activity, lower state/local tax revenues, and large job losses if ...

Among other policy changes, the recently proposed marketplace rule would 1) shorten the OEP to 45 days, reverting to a ...

Hosted by Joel Bervell, The Dose is the Commonwealth Fund’s podcast that presents fresh ideas, new perspectives, and compelling conversations about where health care is headed.

Dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system is running high—really high. According to recent survey findings released by The Commonwealth Fund, 82 percent of Americans think it should be ...

Explore comparative data on key health system characteristics and performance indicators such as overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, and more.

The Netherlands has ranked first in the Euro Health Consumer Index, which measures how satisfied citizens are with their health care system. Followed by Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, and Belgium, the ...

Lola Butcher writes about health care policy and business issues for publications read by physicians and health care executives. Her long-time clients include Oncology Times, Healthcare Financial ...

The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), signed into law February 4, 2009, was a milestone in the development of quality measurement and improvement in publicly ...

The U.S. spends far more on health care than other wealthy nations, but that investment does not achieve better quality of care or improved health outcomes . Furthermore, both spending and quality ...