Chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are leading causes of global morbidity and mortality, with costs ...

Across the U.S., employees at small businesses generally face higher health insurance deductibles and premium costs than ...

This report features two case studies of multisector, community-driven partnerships committed to advancing maternal and ...

The Medicare open enrollment period — a time when beneficiaries can change their coverage — began October 15 and runs through ...

Many of the problems with the U.S. health system—fragmented care, variable quality, and high and rapidly growing costs—are rooted in fee-for-service payments, in which health care providers are paid ...

First offered in 1925 and envisioned as a “reverse Rhodes Scholarship,” the Harkness Fellowships are the Commonwealth Fund’s longest-running program. Nearly 100 years later, they remain a flagship of ...

2018 was a special year for the Commonwealth Fund. The foundation established by Anna Harkness a month before the close of World War I celebrated its centennial — one hundred years of advancing access ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Among states, there is growing ...

Summary: In less than 18 months, Medicare will launch a shared savings program to reward primary care physicians, specialists, and hospitals that form accountable care organizations and collaborate in ...

In the 14 years since enactment of the most significant health reform legislation in half a century, it’s now clear that millions of Americans have benefited from the insurance coverage expansions, ...

It took 10 years of political tension to establish Australia’s universal public health insurance program, known as Medicare. A universal health care bill was initially introduced in Parliament in 1973 ...

The Commonwealth Fund has its origins in the philanthropic efforts of the Harkness family. Stephen V. Harkness began his career in New York State’s Finger Lakes region at age 15 as an apprentice ...