Rural Americans face significant barriers to accessing adequate primary care; tailored federal and state programs can help ...

Enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs), which were established to lower premiums and make health insurance more affordable for ...

Patent reforms could address a problem that’s been driving rising prescription drug costs and create a more competitive ...

Source: Kristen Kolb, “Lower-Income Kids Are at Higher Risk of Going Unvaccinated,” To the Point (blog), Commonwealth Fund, ...

Hosted by Dr. 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.

The U.S. health care system has long been marked by high spending, comparatively poor health outcomes, inequities, waste, and inefficiency. To address these issues, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the U.S. was one of only two countries (along with the Dominican Republic) to ...

How did states do during the COVID-19 pandemic? Every year, the Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on State Health System Performance uses the latest data available to assess how well the health care ...

Primary care providers (PCPs) serve as most people’s first point of contact with the health care system. These clinicians build relationships with their patients over time and help coordinate care ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacies emerged as critical vaccine access sites, overtaking physicians’ offices, community ...

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.

Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance through their jobs. Read more in an explainer here. Among states, there is ...