New Report: Uninsured Rates Drop in Every State, Particularly Among Low-Income Americans; People in Most States Better Able to Afford Health Care
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
As New Survey Describes Scope of Problem, Five National Health Care Foundations Identify Promising Approaches for Treating Patients with Complex Needs
A new nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs shows that the health care system is failing them, with these individuals having far more unmet behavioral health and social service challenges than other adults.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New 11-Country Health Care Survey: U.S. Adults Skip Care Due To Costs, Struggle Financially, And Have The Worst Health
A new 11-country survey from The Commonwealth Fund finds that adults in the United States are far more likely than those in 10 other high-income nations to go without needed health care because of costs and to struggle to afford basic necessities such as housing and healthy food. The survey findings, published today as a Health Affairs Web First article, also indicate that Americans are sicker than people in other countries and experience high levels of emotional distress.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
State-by-State Look at Employer Health Insurance Costs Finds Workers ’ Premium Contributions and Deductibles Growing More Slowly But Eating Up Greater Share of Incomes
Employees’ contributions to their health insurance premiums rose more slowly between 2010 and 2015 in 30 states and Washington, D.C., and their deductibles grew more slowly in 27 states, according to a new Commonwealth Fund state-by-state analysis that compared the cost of employer health insurance between 2006 and 2015. Still, many families are spending, on average, a bigger share of their income on health care than they were prior to 2010. That is because median incomes, despite their recent surge, have not kept pace with health care costs.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - October 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Reports Highlight Impacts of Clinton and Trump Health Reform Proposals
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report Profiles The 12 Million Sickest Patients; Finds Health Care System Not Meeting Their Needs
Twelve million people in the United States have three or more chronic illnesses in addition to a functional limitation that makes it hard for them to perform basic daily tasks such as getting around the house or talking on the phone, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - August 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Latinos and People with Low Incomes Are Most Likely to Be Uninsured, Despite Significant Gains Under Affordable Care Act
Of the U.S. adult population currently without health insurance, 88 percent is Latino, makes less than $16, 243 a year, is under age 35, and/or works for a small business, according to new Commonwealth Fund survey findings. Half (51%) of the remaining uninsured live in one of the 20 states that had not yet expanded Medicaid at the time of the survey.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - August 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Health Insurers ’ Financial Performance Varied in Aca’s First Year; Payments to Reimburse Insurers for High-Cost Patients Were Successful
Health insurers’ profits on policies sold to individuals varied in 2014, the first year they participated in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplaces, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. One-third remained or became profitable, while two-thirds were
unprofitable. However, the majority of insurers that lost money in the individual market also did not turn a profit the previous year, before the ACA was implemented.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Health Insurers’ Financial Performance Varied in Aca’s First Year; Payments to Reimburse Insurers for High-Cost Patients Were Successful
Health insurers’ profits on policies sold to individuals varied in 2014, the first year they participated in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplaces, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. One-third remained or became profitable, while two-thirds were
unprofitable. However, the majority of insurers that lost money in the individual market also did not turn a profit the previous year, before the ACA was implemented.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Scorecard Finds Health Care Improving in Many Communities as Affordable Care Act Expands Access and Promotes Quality
Health care in many U.S. communities got better between 2011 and 2014, although persistent wide variation indicates there is room for improvement across the country, according to a Commonwealth Fund report out today. Those areas that improved did so largely because more people had insurance coverage and could afford needed health care, and because health care providers performed better on quality and efficiency measures, such as limiting preventable hospital readmissions.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Lois Quam Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Lois Quam, until recently chief operating officer of The Nature Conservancy, has been elected to The Commonwealth Fund’s Board of Directors, effective April 2017. Between 2011 and 2014, Quam served as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, focusing on global health partnerships, and launched President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative at the Department of State, serving as executive director.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New ACA Marketplace Findings: Subsidies For Lower-Income Enrollees Make Insurance Premium And Deductible Costs Comparable To Employer Coverage
The Affordable Care Act’s subsidies have made health insurance premium costs in the marketplaces more affordable for lower-income enrollees and nearly comparable to costs in employer-sponsored health plans, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. Sixty-six percent of marketplace enrollees with annual incomes under $30,000 reported paying either nothing or less than $125 a month for individual coverage, compared to 60 percent of people in employer plans.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Low-Income ACA Marketplace Enrollees See Higher Out-Of-Pocket Costs and Fewer Benefits in States Without Medicaid Expansion
Low-income adults who qualify for expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but live in states that have not expanded eligibility are at risk of paying higher out-of-pocket costs and receiving less comprehensive insurance coverage, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study. Currently, 19 states have opted to not expand their Medicaid programs. Under the law, people in these states with annual incomes between $11,770 and $16,243 are instead eligible for premium subsidies and reduced cost-sharing when buying silver-tier health plans in the marketplaces.
(Source: The C...
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 15, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Insurers Increasingly Selling More of Their Individual Health Insurance Plans in ACA Marketplaces; Fears That Insurers Would Pull Healthy Enrollees Away From Marketplaces Unfounded
Insurance companies are increasingly selling more individual health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, according to a Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Survey: Most ACA Enrollees Who Have Used Their Plans Are Getting Health Care They Previously Would Have Gone Without; Wait Times for Doctor Appointments Similar to Other Insured Americans
Sixty-one percent of those who have used coverage they obtained through the the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are getting health care that they would not have been able to afford or have access to previously, according to a Commonwealth Fund study out today.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - May 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
