September 14, 2006 - As employers cope with rising health care costs by dropping health benefits or raising deductibles, workers and their families are being squeezed, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds. When people lose coverage, many who turn to the individual insurance market find that coverage is unobtainable or unaffordable.
August 17, 2006 - Patients, who experience the health care system on a firsthand basis, find much that could be improved. According to a new survey from The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, a 42 percent reported experiencing poorly coordinated, inefficient, or unsafe care at some time during the past two years
August 2, 2006 - A panel of prominent leaders from all sectors of the health care system today issued its Framework for a High Performance Health System for the United States.
August 1, 2006 - Hispanic and African American working-age adults in the U.S. are at greater risk of experiencing gaps in insurance coverage, lacking access to health care, and facing medical debt than white working-age adults, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.
July 14, 2006 - Two-thirds of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey agree that enactment of Part D was on balance good for beneficiaries, but majorities also support basic changes to the law.
July 11, 2006 - Health savings accounts (HSAs) coupled with high-deductible health plans sometimes lower consumer cost-sharing compared with many typical health insurance plans, according to a Commonwealth Fund–supported study in the July/August issue of Health Affairs.
May 24, 2006 - There are 13.7 million young adults who lack health insurance in the United States, an increase of 2.5 million from 2000, a new Commonwealth Fund report reveals.
May 19, 2006 - Beneficiaries in poor health can pay more out of pocket for care in Medicare Advantage (MA) managed care plans than in traditional Medicare with Medigap supplemental coverage, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds.
May 9, 2006 - Employees in the smallest firms (1-9 workers) pay an average 18% more in health insurance premiums than those in the largest firms (1,000+ workers), when actuarial value—the percentage of total medical expenses paid by a health plan—is taken into account, a new Commonwealth Fund-supported study finds.
May 8, 2006 - James J. Mongan, M.D., a nationally known health policy expert with long-standing experience in health system management, has been named to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors.
April 26, 2006 - Two of five working-age Americans with incomes between $20,000 and $40,000 a year were uninsured for at least part of the past year—a dramatic and rapid increase from 2001 when just over one-quarter of those with moderate incomes were uninsured, according to a new Fund report.
April 10, 2006 - Physicians favor "patient-centered care" but only 22 percent scored high in incorporating such techniques into their day-to-day practices, a new Commonwealth Fund-supported study shows. According to the research published in today's Archives of Internal Medicine, physicians have made strides in the areas of access to care and management of referrals, but still have a long way to go when it comes to information technology, team-based care, and collecting feedback from patients.
April 4, 2006 - Despite spending more than twice as much per capita as other countries do on health care, the U.S. health care system ranks lower than several other countries in patients' perspectives of the safety, efficiency, equity, and patient-centeredness of health care.
March 10, 2006 - Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis's March 7th presentation from the World Congress Leadership Summit outlines the impact of choice of physicians and health plans on patient satisfaction.
February 24, 2006 - A new study points to great potential for the new Medicare drug benefit to provide assistance to the estimated one-fifth of the nation's nursing home population without drug coverage.