Over the past several decades, consolidation among health care providers and insurers has increased their market power and driven up health care prices and premiums. In a new study, Brent D. Fulton, Daniel R. Arnold, and Richard M. Scheffler of the U.C…
Individuals who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits — known as dual-eligible beneficiaries, or duals — make up a disproportionately high share of Medicare spending. While duals’ high level of spending is well established, less is known abou…
The Commonwealth Fund is recruiting for a new program officer to lead our vulnerable populations grant portfolio. The New York City–based position will support the Commonwealth Fund’s Health Care Delivery System Reform program. The program officer will…
The Trump administration last week issued a final rule reversing federal limits on short-term health coverage, allowing such plans to become a long-term alternative to individual-market coverage. Starting in October, insurers will be allowed to sell sh…
Use our new map to explore actions taken by states that will affect their residents’ access to adequate health coverage, including steps to promote competition in the ACA marketplaces, provide reinsurance to participating carriers, and more.
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Most accountable care organizations have formed preferred networks of skilled nursing facilities to improve care coordination, reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions, and shorten hospitalizations, according to a new Commonwealth Fund–supported study …
The U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to allow more people to open health savings accounts (HSAs). Sherry Glied of New York University and Dahlia Remler of Baruch College explain why these new tax breaks, which will cost more than $40 billio…
The U.S. spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation. It will soon spend close to 20 percent of its GDP on health — significantly more than the percentage spent by major Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development na…
Consumers will have more options to buy cheaper, short-term health insurance under a new Trump administration rule, but there’s no guarantee the plans will cover preexisting conditions or provide benefits like coverage of prescription drugs. Administra…
Four cities on Thursday sued President Trump, arguing that he is violating his constitutional duty to enforce the law by “sabotaging” Obamacare. The cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, and Cincinnati filed the lawsuit in federal court in Maryland, …
