Our Scorecard ranks every state’s health care system based on how well it provides high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. Read the report to see how your state ranks.

To the Point

On our To the Point blog, Fund experts and grantees provide quick takes on the latest health care policy and practice news.

The Latest

Achieving Universal Coverage

The Far-Reaching Implications of the Georgia Medicaid Work Experiment

blog / Feb 02, 2023

A court ruled Georgia can proceed with a Medicaid expansion demonstration that excludes hundreds of thousands of low-income adults by subverting ACA rules.

Featured Topic: COVID-19

A person receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles on April 9, 2021. Findings from a new study highlight the substantial impact of the U.S. vaccination program on reducing infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

Two Years of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccines Have Prevented Millions of Hospitalizations and Deaths

blog / Dec 13, 2022

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Pfizer covid-19 vaccine to a girl at the Sanford Civic Center.

Improving Health Care Quality

How a COVID Booster Campaign Could Keep Kids Out of the Hospital and in School

blog / Nov 15, 2022

Registered Nurse Mariam Salaam administers the Pfizer booster shot at a Covid vaccination and testing site in Los Angeles on May 5, 2022. A fall booster vaccination campaign could drastically reduce Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations this winter.

Improving Health Care Quality

A Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars

blog / Oct 05, 2022

Search All To the Point Posts

Midwife Angie Miller listens to the heartbeat of MyLin Stokes Kennedy’s baby at their home on June 29, 2021, in Fountain Valley, Calif. Developing a maternal health care workforce mainly comprising midwives could help the U.S. lower its maternal mortality rate to the level of other high-income countries. Photo: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

The U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Continues to Worsen: An International Comparison

Blog / Dec 01, 2022

Abigail Previlon, 13, takes part in remote distance learning at home on Oct. 28, 2020, in Stamford, Conn.

Improving Health Care Quality

Expanding Collaborative Care in Medicaid Can Combat the Country’s Youth Mental Health Crisis

Blog / Nov 28, 2022

Sea Mar Burien Well Woman Day provides breast and cervical cancer screenings for Seattle women on April 17, 2021 in Burien, Washington.

Achieving Universal Coverage

The ACA’s Preventive Services Benefit Is in Jeopardy: What Can States Do to Preserve Access?

Blog / Nov 21, 2022

The rising sun creeps across the US Supreme Court on November 8, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Achieving Universal Coverage

Supreme Court Seems Likely to Preserve Judicial Protection for Medicaid Beneficiaries

Blog / Nov 18, 2022

Cerri McKeon holds her two-month-old daughter at the Min No Aya Win clinic on the Fond du Lac reservation in Cloquet, Minn., on May 6, 2020.

Improving Health Care Quality

Which Key Health Care Issues Warrant Strong Consideration by Congress in a Year-End Spending Package?

Blog / Nov 17, 2022

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Pfizer covid-19 vaccine to a girl at the Sanford Civic Center.

Improving Health Care Quality

How a COVID Booster Campaign Could Keep Kids Out of the Hospital and in School

Blog / Nov 15, 2022

Achieving Universal Coverage

Congress Can Give States the Option to Keep Adults Covered in Medicaid

Blog / Nov 14, 2022

Maureen Dixon displays her pills organizer that she uses to keep track of the prescription drugs, vitamins, insulin and arthritis injections she takes at her home in Medford, MA on Jan. 9, 2020.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Making Prescription Drugs Affordable: Options for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Blog / Nov 10, 2022

An Indigenous Navajo senior aged woman, receiving healthcare assistance in her home.

Improving Health Care Quality

Designing Accountable Care: Lessons from CMS Accountable Care Organizations

Blog / Nov 10, 2022

Third graders line up in Erin Criss's classroom at Forestdale Elementary School in Springfield, VA on August 22, 2022.

Improving Health Care Quality

Using New Federal Funding to Meet Children’s Behavioral Health Needs in School

Blog / Nov 08, 2022

Little water remaining in a drying lake bed. Nevada continues to suffer through a drought.

Improving Health Care Quality

Making Good on Climate Pledges for Health Care

Blog / Nov 04, 2022

First-grade student Daniel Cano and his mom, Sonia Cano, walk past an elementary school on July 26, 2021, in Los Angeles.

Achieving Universal Coverage

Family Glitch Fix Provides New Affordable Coverage Option

Blog / Nov 03, 2022

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 … 91