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

Arnav Shah, M.P.P., is a researcher working across the Commonwealth Fund’s program areas. In this role, Mr. Shah provides research and analytic support to the Fund’s work in all of its core areas, ...

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 ...

Katie Greene, M.P.P., is director of public health at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), where she works on projects related to substance use and public health, including public ...

Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, University of Texas at Austin Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., is visiting professor at the University of Texas Austin School of Nursing. In addition, she ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Please take a moment to answer this six-question survey to help us improve the States in Action newsletter. We appreciate and welcome your feedback. Summary: With pay-for-performance (P4P) programs ...

Causes of Coverage Gaps More than 60 percent of uninsured people are eligible for coverage with some type of subsidy (Exhibit 2). 10 Some enrollment barriers for eligible individuals are policy-driven ...