January 14, 2013 - People who become eligible for Medicare in states without a comprehensive transition plan could face gaps in coverage and avoidable out-of-pocket costs. This post looks at how states can help ensure people make smooth transitions to Medicare.
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January 10, 2013 - In a new video, Sara Collins, vice president for Affordable Health Insurance at The Commonwealth Fund, explains how the Affordable Care Act will ensure near-universal health coverage for Americans through a series of coverage expansions and reforms.
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January 03, 2013 - The Commonwealth Fund's new president, David Blumenthal, M.D., reviews the foundation's achievements and 95-year commitment to health care improvement.
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December 12, 2012 - Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services issued proposed regulations that flesh out the details of the health insurance market reforms provided under the Affordable Care Act. In this post, Sara Collins explains how these reforms will provide sweeping new protections to small businesses and people who must buy their own insurance.
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December 07, 2012 - Our third video in a series about important changes in the U.S. health care system looks at how changing the way we pay for and deliver health care will improve the quality and efficiency of the health system.
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November 07, 2012 - The Affordable Care Act has been put to legal and political tests and is now indisputably the law of the land. It's time to come together to ensure the law is speedily implemented, and take the steps necessary to guarantee equitable access to high-quality care, while controlling costs.
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November 02, 2012 - A new Commonwealth Fund report estimates that if the health care industry conserved energy at our facilities, reduced waste, and more efficiently purchased operating supplies, we could save more than $15 billion over a decade.
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November 02, 2012 - In this blog post, Gundersen Health System's CEO, Jeffrey Thompson, discusses Gundersen's sustainability program, Envision. The goal for Envision was to take care of the health of the people in the communities they serve and the environment, while lowering costs.
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October 25, 2012 - Our second video in a new series about important changes in the U.S. health care system outlines the need to improve care for vulnerable populations.
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October 22, 2012 - A recent Commonwealth Fund report found that Governor Romney's health care proposals would leave 72 million people uninsured in 2022 while the Affordable Care Act will lower the number of uninsured to 27 million within a decade. The discussion about the potential impacts of these differing visions for the health care system continued at a recent briefing.
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October 02, 2012 - In invited testimony today before the House of Representatives Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis discussed two approaches to sustaining Medicare, the vital public insurance program for seniors and disabled Americans.
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September 26, 2012 - Robin Osborn of The Commonwealth Fund is delighted to announce its 2013–14 Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy and Practice.
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September 20, 2012 - State Medicaid programs are leveraging their influence to reform the way health care is delivered to millions of people. This post from the National Association of Medicaid Directors reviews five categories of ongoing state payment and delivery reforms.
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September 18, 2012 - Our first video in a new series about important changes in the U.S. health care system explains how primary care doctors' visits are changing.
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September 12, 2012 - New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that the number of people without health insurance declined by 1.3 million in 2011, falling to 48.6 million people. This blog post looks at what contributed to the largest one-year drop in a decade.
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