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.
December 8, 2005 - Americans enrolled in a relatively new type of health coverage designed to make them more cost conscious are less satisfied with their health plan than those with comprehensive health insurance and are less likely to recommend the new plans to a friend or colleague, a groundbreaking nationwide survey reported today.
December 1, 2005 - Just one of five of the estimated 34 million "nonstandard" workers in the U.S. workerforce has health insurance through his or her employer, compared with three-quarters of regular full-time employees, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report by researchers at the Iowa Policy Project.
October 6, 2005 - As states struggle with mounting Medicaid budgets and greater than ever need among their populations, the overwhelming majority of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey say that Medicaid is important to achieving many goals of the U.S. health care system, particularly in improving access to health care for those with low incomes.
September 22, 2005 - Policymakers should be cautious about embracing the individual market and health savings accounts as a way to improve satisfaction with the health care system, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study authored by Jeanne Lambrew of George Washington University.
August 31, 2005 - Sickness and health problems among working-age Americans and their families carry an estimated price tag of $260 billion in lost productivity each year.
August 24, 2005 - Sixteen million working-age adults now spend time caring for a sick or disabled family member, yet more than half of those adults—9 million—have health problems of their own, according to new survey data released today by The Commonwealth Fund.
August 10, 2005 - The high cost of health care and inadequate health insurance coverage are undermining the financial security of millions of Americans, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund.
June 28, 2005 - Concerned about their future financial and health security, a substantial majority of older Americans would favor setting aside a portion of their earnings in a special account to save for future medical expenses not covered by Medicare, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey report.
June 14, 2005 - In addition to the 45 million uninsured adults in this country, at least another 16 million adults were underinsured in 2003, meaning they did not have enough financial protection to cover their health care expenses, according to a web-exclusive study released in the journal Health Affairs.
May 4, 2005 - Over 13 million young adults ages 19 to 29 lacked health insurance in 2003, a jump of 2.2 million since 2000, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds.
April 20, 2005 - Fewer than 1 million of the nation's 45 million uninsured are likely to get new health coverage as a result of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) coupled with high-deductible health plans, says a new report by researchers Sherry Glied and Dahlia Remler of Columbia University.
March 11, 2005 - Many of the millions of consumers who enroll in discount medical cards may lack accurate information about what these cards are, have trouble getting the care they need at the promised discounts, and have problems finding providers that participate in the discount programs, says a new study released today.
March 8, 2005 - The proportion of Americans without health insurance can and should be reduced to 8 percent in ten years, less than half the current rate, according to the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey, an online survey of widely-recognized experts in health care practice and policy.
January 27, 2005 - About half of insured adults with a high-deductible health plan have medical bill problems or debts, compared with less than one-third (31%) of those with lower-deductible plans, according to new research from The Commonwealth Fund. Individuals with high-deductible plans are also more likely than those with lower-deductible plans to experience access problems such as not filling a prescription, or skipping a medical test, treatment, or follow-up when needed, due to cost.