The outcomes of this fall’s elections will profoundly affect Americans’ ability to access affordable, equitable health care.

A senior woman with a walker opens mail in her mailroom. When Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are denied coverage for ...

American families are confronting harsh financial realities of late, from rising unemployment and sluggish wage growth to high food and fuel costs and tight credit. Added to these worries are soaring ...

During the pandemic, five countries maintained high childhood vaccination rates for polio and MMR near or above the herd ...

A core goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to make comprehensive individual market health insurance more affordable. To accomplish this, the law features insurance premium tax credits (PTCs) as ...

The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting ...

Harkness Fellowships are designed for midcareer professionals who are committed to advancing health policy and practice in the Commonwealth Fund’s principal areas of interest: improving health ...

Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared with six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, ...

Summary: Hospital at home programs that enable patients to receive acute care at home have proven effective in reducing complications while cutting the cost of care by 30 percent or more, leading to ...

Roosa Tikkanen, M.P.H., M.Res., is a former senior research associate in the Commonwealth Fund's International Program in Health Policy and Practice Innovations, where she tracked health care policy ...