State Health Policy

Across the nation, states face the common challenges of expanding health coverage, improving the quality of care, and controlling costs. Many states are developing and implementing reforms to address these issues, offering a nationwide laboratory of experimentation.

What's New in State Health Policy

New State Health Care Scorecard: Sharp Differences in Access, Quality, Avoidable Hospitalizations, and Cost Across U.S.

The cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System's second state scorecard report. The states that led in the first state scorecard, released in 2007, generally continued to lead, often setting new benchmarks and widening the gap between leading and lagging states.