August 20, 2008 - The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to the 2007 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
May 9, 2008 - This survey was fielded to examine the penetration of the culture change movement at the national level and measure the extent to which nursing homes are adopting culture change principles and practicing resident-centered care.
March 18, 2008 - Enrollment in consumer-driven and high-deductible plans still makes up a very small segment of the overall insurance market, according to the third EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey.
January 28, 2008 - The 13th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey found that most leaders in health care and health policy favor plans that build on the nation's current mixed system of public and private group insurance.
November 19, 2007 - The 12th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey found that increased transparency in the quality and price of health care is important, according to a diverse group of experts.
November 1, 2007 - U.S. adults are more likely than adults in six other countries to go without health care because of the cost—and more likely to say that the health care system needs to be rebuilt completely, according to the 2007 International Health Policy Survey in Seven Countries.
July 30, 2007 - According to participants in the most recent Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, the current health system is not achieving and is not designed to foster high quality. Responses indicate strong support for greater government leadership; creation of a new public–private entity to coordinate quality improvement efforts and set a national quality agenda; changes in the way providers are paid; greater integration of providers; and reforms to promote medical homes.
April 23, 2007 - The State Children's Health Insurance Program has been successful in increasing access to health care for low-income children and in reducing the rate of uninsured, low-income children, acccording to the latest Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders survey.