Strengthening the standards to which Medicaid managed care organizations are held would likely improve access to and delivery ...

Policymakers are exploring reforms to address shortcomings of risk adjustment that inflate Medicare Advantage payments and ...

Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance ...

ACA premiums increased by 21.7 percent on average in 2026 — far outpacing expected premium increases in the ...

Unfortunately, federal efforts to protect people from crippling medical debt have stalled. This means that now more than ever ...

Without PRAMS, the U.S. will be less able to direct public resources toward the most effective interventions for meeting ...

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 ...

While nearly all Americans age 65 and older are covered by Medicare, their experiences seeking and receiving health care can vary significantly. Research shows that older Black and Latinx Medicare ...

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the U.S. was one of only two countries (along with the Dominican Republic) to ...

A well-functioning public health system is vital to keeping individuals, and the population at large, safe and healthy. Success in public health, however, is often invisible — we don’t notice until ...