This issue is particularly acute for Medicare beneficiaries — 14 percent said they skipped filling a prescription due to cost ...

This brief presents findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey to describe the state of Americans’ ...

This brief provides an overview of the current state of freestanding birth center care in the U.S. using available data.

The share of working-age U.S. adults without health insurance rose from 8.9 percent in 2024 to 11.2 percent in 2026, according to findings from the latest Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance ...

Eighty-five percent of all U.S. health care spending goes toward managing chronic diseases connected to poor diet and nutrition. Yet most doctors receive little to no meaningful training in nutrition.

Sara Rosenbaum is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor Emerita of Health Law and Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, as well as the director of ...

Health insurance is essential for getting timely care. In the United States, however, health coverage is fragmented, difficult to navigate, and unaffordable for many. About half of Americans have ...

The health and socioeconomic issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the American public’s longstanding challenges in accessing mental health and substance use services, ...

Read full profiles of international health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, ...

We believe everyone should be able to get the effective, affordable care they need to maintain and improve their health. Focusing on people who have low incomes and those who are medically underserved ...

Carson Richards joined the Commonwealth Fund in July 2024 and is currently senior program assistant for the Expanding Coverage and Access program. In this role, she is responsible for a variety of ...

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