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The Commonwealth Fund Digest
September/October 2008
In this Issue
Main Features
In Other News
Items in Brief
Recent Grants
Just Published
Main Features
An analysis released by The Commonwealth Fund examines key differences and areas of agreement in the health system reform proposals of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Read more »
Fund survey data reveal that many people are struggling to pay their medical bills and have accumulated medical debt over time. In fact, two of five working-age Americans have medical bill problems or are paying off medical debt. Read more »
In Other News
With survey data showing public dissatisfaction with the U.S. health system, The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System released a report outlining what an ideally organized health care system would look like. Read more »
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 fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt. Read more »
New evidence shows that the medical home model of primary care delivery can lead to better-quality care and reduced costs. Read more »
Items in Brief
Private Medicare Plans Cost Taxpayers More; 'Use What Works' to Reform Coverage, Karen Davis Tells Congress; Iowa Program Connects At-Risk Kids to Needed Services; Federal Leadership for Improving Children's Health Care Read more »
Recent Grants
Just Published
Quote of Note
"We've got to ensure that good, efficient use of technology receives adequate reimbursement. If we want to encourage our health care providers to use technology...we've got to find a way to pay for it."
—Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Rural Delivery: Health Care Lessons from North Dakota
The Center for Rural Health's Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., talks about the unique challenges accessing health care in rural areas.
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