health reform bills

New Analysis of the Health Reform Bills

This Dec. 4 Commonwealth Fund report outlines the payment and delivery system reform provisions in the two health reform bills, as well as their potential impact on health expenditures. Also available is a chartpack outlining coverage and affordability provisions in the two bills, as well as an analysis updated Nov. 5.

How Germany and the Netherlands Harness Insurance Markets for the Public Interest

December 15, 2009 - In a new report, the Fund's Cathy Schoen and AcademyHealth's David Helms and Amanda Folsom describe the Germany and the Netherland's use of quasi-governmental authorities to achieve the goals of better access, quality, and efficiency in health care.

Why Health Reform Will Bend the Cost Curve

December 7, 2009 - This study, coauthored by Harvard University's David Cutler and The Commonwealth Fund's Karen Davis and Kristof Stremikis, shows that the cost-containing impacts of the Senate and House health reform proposals could be even greater than previous analyses have shown.

Watch a 'Talking Health' Webcast on What's Ahead for Medicare

December 7, 2009 - Watch a recording of a Dec. 7 webcast featuring a panel of experts and journalists who explored what Medicare beneficiaries think of the program, beneficiaries' out-of-pocket costs and coverage choices, and Medicare's long-term prospects.

Commonwealth Fund Commission: Making Health Reform Work for Families and Businesses

November 20, 2009 - This statement from The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System calls for a comprehensive, integrated approach to health system reform to reverse the negative trends in U.S. health system performance and provide a more secure future for U.S. families and businesses.

The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable.

Read the 2008 Annual Report for highlights of the Fund's activities.

Health Reform

New Analysis of the Health Reform Bills

Commonwealth Fund publications, journal articles, testimony, and survey research on a topic now being discussed in Congress: allowing older adults to buy in to Medicare.

International Health Policy Center

Browse Publications and Create Custom Charts

Visit the new International Health Policy Center to browse content by country or topic and create custom tables and charts using data from our international health policy surveys from 2006 to 2009.

Commission on a High Performance Health System

Making Health Reform Work for Families and Businesses

This statement from The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System calls for a comprehensive, integrated approach to health system reform to reverse the negative trends in U.S. health system performance and provide a more secure future for U.S. families and businesses.

Featured Podcast

Health Reform in Massachusetts: Lessons for the Nation

It's been three years since Massachusetts implemented sweeping health reform. In this episode, Sandy Hausman looks at how satisfied consumers, employers, and physicians are with the new system. Key players also discuss how a good public education campaign and a general spirit of cooperation contributed to the program's success.

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Fund Blog

Health Reform: Insights from Around the World

While most of the health reform debate has focused on ways to strengthen our uniquely American private–public system of financing health care, the debate has also been informed by insights from other countries' health systems, say The Commonwealth Fund’s Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, and Robin Osborn in a new blog posting.

State Data Center

Interactive U.S. Map Offers State Rankings and Results

Visit an interactive map to view state-specific rankings and results compared to benchmarks, and to view the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance. You can also compare states and generate custom tables and bar charts.

Quality Matters: Rural Health

A look at collaborative care models and distance learning programs used to improve rural health care; a case study of an innovative hepatitis C treatment program in New Mexico; and more.

Why Not the Best?

A Health Care Quality Improvement Resource

WhyNotTheBest.org is a new resource from The Commonwealth Fund, offering easily accessible, comparative information on health care performance for providers, researchers, and other professionals.

Multimedia

Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: 2009 Commonwealth Fund International Symposium Keynote Address

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