Health Reform Resources

Health Reform

The Health Reform Resource Center: What's in the Affordable Care Act?

Visit the Health Reform Resource Center, where you can explore the provisions of the Affordable Care Act and find the latest regulations. View the timeline for the highlights of the law, or use the "Find Health Reform Provisions" tool to search for specific provisions by year, category, and/or stakeholder group.

View All »Expanding Access

When Unemployed Means Uninsured

August 24, 2011 - In this period of chronically high unemployment, millions of Americans are losing their health insurance coverage along with their jobs. A Commonwealth Fund brief finds that unemployed workers have few affordable coverage options. While the Affordable Care Act will provide new options, extending subsidies for COBRA would further protect unemployed workers, the authors say.

View All »Quality Improvement

How Well Can We Identify the High-Performing Hospital?

August 24, 2011 - To better identify high-performing hospitals, Commonwealth Fund-supported examination researchers delved into composite measures of performance to see how hospitals performed on each of the individual component measures and on survey-based measures of patient care quality.

View All »System Reform

Workers’ Share of Health Insurance Premiums Up 63% from 2003 to 2010

November 17, 2011 - Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance policies increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010, and the annual amount that employees pay toward their insurance increased by 63 percent, as businesses required employees to contribute a greater share, this new Commonwealth Fund analysis finds.

Washington Health Policy in Review

Washington Health Policy Week in Review - September 26, 2011

Senators press for faster action on streamlining care of "dual eligibles"; parents' health insurance lures young adults; HHS and states discuss exchange collaboration; and more.