April 2, 2013 -
Watch highlights of the health ministers' roundtable discussion from The Commonwealth Fund's 15th International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
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March 26, 2013 -
Today, Medicare pays health care providers based the number of services they provide, rather than the quality of that care. Sandy Hausman talks with Commonwealth Fund vice president Stuart Guterman and Michael Chernew of Harvard Medical School about how to reform Medicare payment in an effort to control health care spending growth while improving care.
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February 7, 2013 -
The use of health care decision aids such as multimedia programs, videos, and even brochures can help patients become more engaged with their care, and lead to better health outcomes and lower health care costs.
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January 9, 2013 -
In this video, Sara Collins, vice president for Affordable Health Insurance at The Commonwealth Fund, explains how the Affordable Care Act will deliver near-universal health coverage to Americans through a series of coverage expansions and reforms.
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December 5, 2012 -
In this video, the third in a series about health reform, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis discusses how changing the way we pay for and deliver health care will improve the U.S. health system.
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November 29, 2012 -
The Honorable Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, New Zealand, delivers the keynote address, "New Zealand Health Reform: A Strategy for a High Performing and Sustainable Health Care System," at the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
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November 29, 2012 -
Karen Davis, President of The Commonwealth Fund, delivers the John M. Eisenberg, M.D., International Lecture, "International Health System Performance: Fifteen Years of Progress and the Challenges Ahead," at the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
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October 24, 2012 -
In this video, Pamela Riley, M.D., senior program officer for The Commonwealth Fund's vulnerable populations program, outlines the need to improve care for vulnerable groups—which include low-income people, people without insurance, and people in racial and ethnic minority groups—and how the Affordable Care Act will help.
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October 18, 2012 -
A promising new program has reduced the number of hospitalizations among nursing home residents, sparing them unnecessary risk and saving significant amounts of money. Learn more about The Commonwealth Fund–supported INTERACT program, which helps nursing home staff identify problems early.
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October 15, 2012 -
This Oct. 4 Commonwealth Fund briefing in Washington, D.C., focused on the findings of a recent report analyzing President Obama and Governor Romney's health care plans. Speakers included Sara Collins, Vice President, Affordable Health Insurance Program, The Commonwealth Fund; Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategies; and Dean Rosen, Partner, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti. Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis moderated.
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October 11, 2012 -
ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare is a new documentary that explores the problems of health care in America. The film follows human stories and health policy leaders working to transform the American health care system through patient-driven care and low-cost methods of prevention.
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October 4, 2012 -
Ruth Thorlby of the Nuffield Trust discusses her path to becoming a Harkness Fellow and how her fellowship experience in United States enriched her career.
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October 2, 2012 -
Karen Davis talks about what the presidential election means for the future of Medicare on "Richard Heffner's Open Mind" on PBS.
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October 2, 2012 -
Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis talks about what the presidential election means for the future of U.S. health care on "Richard Heffner's Open Mind" on PBS.
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September 21, 2012 -
Donald Berwick, M.D., former administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, discusses the first two years of Affordable Care Act. He outlines the ways the U.S. is beginning to integrate hospital and out-patient care while lowering costs.
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