Kaiser–Commonwealth Fund Survey: Most Primary Care Providers Report Seeing More Medicaid or Newly Insured Patients Since January 2014, But Little Change in Ability to Provide Quality Care
The first in a series of reports on a comprehensive new survey finds most primary care doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants report an increase in Medicaid or newly insured patients since the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) major coverage provisions took effect, yet little change in their ability to provide high-quality care.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Large Majority of Affordable Care Act Coverage Enrollees are Satisfied with Their Insurance, People Using Plans are Getting Care They Could Not Have Afforded Before
A large majority (86%) of people who are currently insured through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces or newly insured in Medicaid are very or somewhat satisfied with their new health care coverage, according to a Commonwealth Fund report out today. Nearly seven in 10 (68%) adults with new coverage have used it to get health care, and of those more than three in five (62%) previously would not have been able to obtain or afford that care.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
31 Million People Were Underinsured in 2014; Many Skipped Needed Health Care and Depleted Savings to Pay Medical Bills
Thirty-one million people with health coverage in the United States were underinsured in 2014, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The share of working-age adults who had health insurance all year but were underinsured was statistically unchanged since 2010, after nearly doubling, from 12 percent to 22 percent, between 2003 and 2010. People are considered underinsured if they have had health insurance for a full year, but have high deductibles or out-of-pocket expenses relative to their income,
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - May 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Disparities in Medical Bill Problems, Medical Debt, and Ability to Afford Health Care Among Adults in Four Largest U.S. States
Four of 10 adults in Florida and Texas reported they had trouble paying their medical bills or were paying off medical debt over time in 2014, compared to one of four in California and three of 10 in New York, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report comparing health care coverage in the nation’s four largest states.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - April 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Report: More Than $5 Billion in Total Consumer Benefits From Affordable Care Act & #39;s Medical Loss Ratio Provision
The Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio (MLR) provision yielded more than $5 billion in benefits to consumers from 2011 through 2013, either through the rebates that insurance companies have paid to them or through reduced health plan spending on overhead, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Report: More Than $5 Billion in Total Consumer Benefits From Affordable Care Act's Medical Loss Ratio Provision
The Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio (MLR) provision yielded more than $5 billion in benefits to consumers from 2011 through 2013, either through the rebates that insurance companies have paid to them or through reduced health plan spending on overhead, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New State-by-State Report: Affordable Care Act Will Have Modest Impact on Demand for Primary Care Doctors and Hospitals
The expansion of health insurance coverage achieved through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will increase demand for health care services only slightly once the law is fully implemented, according to a new Commonwealth Fund analysis, and the health system will be able to accommodate this increased demand.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - February 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Survey: More Americans Could Get Needed Health Care and Afford to Pay Their Medical Bills in First Year of ACA Enrollment
The number of Americans reporting they did not receive needed health care because of its cost dropped for the first time since 2003, falling from 80 million in 2012 to 66 million, according to The Commonwealth Fund’s 2014 Biennial Health Insurance Survey. And the number saying they had trouble paying their medical bills or were paying off medical debt fell from 75 million in 2012 to 64 million—the first time it declined since this question was initially asked in 2005.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - January 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New State-By-State Report: Employer Health Insurance Premium Growth Slowed in Most States Following Affordable Care Act Implementation
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums grew more slowly in 31 states and the District of Columbia between 2010 and 2013, following passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. But because wages have grown even more slowly over this period, average annual premiums, including both the employer and employee contributions, by 2013 represented 20 percent or more of household income in 37 states, compared to just two states in 2003.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - January 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Employer Premium and Deductible Cost Growth Slowed Post-ACA, But Employer Health Insurance Still Claiming Bigger Share of Workers' Income
Premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance grew 4.1 percent per year between 2010 and 2013, following passage of the Affordable Care Act, compared to 5.1 percent per year between 2003 and 2010, before the law was passed, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 9, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Benjamin Chu, M.D., Elected Commonwealth Fund Chairman; Mark Smith, M.D., Elected to Board
Benjamin K. Chu, M.D., group president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals in Southern California and Georgia, has been elected chairman of The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation working toward a high performance health system. He has been a member of the Fund’s board since 2003.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Eric C. Schneider, M.D., to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President For Policy and Research
Eric C. Schneider, M.D., Senior Principal Researcher and Distinguished Chair in Health Care Quality at RAND, and director of its Boston office, will join The Commonwealth Fund as Senior Vice President for Policy and Research on February 2, 2015. He will be based at the foundation’s New York City headquarters.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Commonwealth Fund to Transfer WhyNotTheBest.org to IPRO
In January 2015, The Commonwealth Fund will transfer ownership and management of WhyNotTheBest.org, the health care quality improvement resource, to IPRO, a nonprofit health care quality improvement and evaluation organization based in New York.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 26, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New 11-Country Survey of People 65 and Older Finds Those in U.S. Are Sickest and Most Likely to Have Problems Paying Medical Bills, Getting Needed Health Care
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: 21 Percent of Adults with Health Insurance Spent 5 Percent or More of Their Income on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs
Twenty-one percent of adults with health insurance spent 5 percent or more of their income on out-of-pocket health care costs over the past year (excluding premiums), and 13 percent spent 10 percent or more, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 13, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
