New ACA Tracking Report: Uninsured Rates Fell Among Young and Low-Income Latinos
The uninsured rate among young Latinos (ages 19 to 34 fell from 43 percent in the July–September 2013 period to 23 percent in April–June 2014, after the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment ended.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Report: Most People with ACA Marketplace Health Insurance Say They Can Afford Premiums; Lower-Income Adults Report Costs Similar to Employer Coverage
Sixty-one percent of adults paying premiums for health insurance purchased through the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces are finding it very or somewhat easy to afford them, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 18, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D., M.B.A., founder and chief executive officer of the New York–based health care investment firm Consonance Capital, has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors, effective immediately. Prior to founding Consonance Capital in 2005, Blutt was an executive partner of J.P. Morgan Partners. He is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - August 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Survey: After First ACA Enrollment Period, Uninsured Rate Dropped from 20 Percent to 15 Percent; Largest Declines Among Young Adults, Latinos, and Low-Income People
At the close of the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period, an estimated 9.5 million fewer U.S. adults were uninsured, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey released today.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kathleen Regan to Join The Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Kathleen Regan will become The Commonwealth Fund’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2015, succeeding John E. Craig, Jr. She will join the foundation on November 3, 2014, in order to facilitate a smooth transition.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 9, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Scorecard Shows Gradual Improvement in State Long-Term Care Performance, Warns Progress Must Pick Up to Keep Pace with Aging Population
While states are making measureable progress in improving long term services and supports (LTSS)–which includes home care services, family caregiver supports, and residential services such as nursing homes–widespread disparities still exist across the country, with even top-performing states requiring improvement.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 20, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
US Health System Ranks Last Among Eleven Countries on Measures of Access, Equity, Quality, Efficiency, and Healthy Lives
Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall among 11 industrialized countries on measures of health system quality, efficiency, access to care, equity, and healthy lives, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 16, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Analysis of Health Insurance Premium Trends in the Individual Market Finds Average Yearly Increases of 10 Percent or More Prior to the Affordable Care Act
Health insurance premiums for people buying coverage on their own grew an average of 10 percent or more a year during the three years before the Affordable Care Act was enacted (2008-2010), according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The analysis, by Jonathan Gruber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, uses information collected in 2012 by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) to look at individual market premium trends nationally and in 22 states for which data are available.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - June 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Survey: Community Health Centers Make Substantial Gains in Health Information Technology Use, Remain Concerned About Ability to Meet Increased Demand Following ACA Coverage Expansions
Use of electronic health records increased 133 percent in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) between 2009 and 2013, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey of health center leaders.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - May 16, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Health System Scorecard Shows Little Progress Among States in Years Leading Up to ACA Implementation; 5-Year Trends in Health Care Access, Quality, Costs, and Outcomes Show Wide Differences; Room for Improvement in Every State
States made little progress in improving health care access, quality, and outcomes and lowering costs in the five years preceding implementation of the major coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (2007–2012), according to the Commonwealth Fund’s third state health system scorecard.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - April 30, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New State-by-State Analysis: 32 Million Were Underinsured in 2012, Including 4 Million Middle-Income People; Nearly 80 Million in Total Lacked Health Insurance or Were Underinsured, Ranging from 14 Percent in Massachusetts to 38 Percent in New Mexico and Texas
Thirty-two million people under age 65 were underinsured in the U.S. in 2012, meaning they had health coverage but it provided inadequate protection against high health care costs relative to their income, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Commonwealth Fund EVP and COO John Craig to Retire at the End of 2014
John E. Craig, Jr., The Commonwealth Fund's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he will retire at the end of 2014, after 33 years at the Fund.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 17, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
17 States and Washington, D.C., Implementing & #39;SHOP & #39; Health Insurance Marketplaces for Small Businesses; Most Offer Employees Competitive Choice of Plans and Insurers
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia are running their own Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) marketplaces, where small firms can buy health insurance for their employees, while the federal government is operating SHOP marketplaces in the remaining 33 states, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
17 States and Washington, D.C., Implementing 'SHOP' Health Insurance Marketplaces for Small Businesses; Most Offer Employees Competitive Choice of Plans and Insurers
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia are running their own Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) marketplaces, where small firms can buy health insurance for their employees, while the federal government is operating SHOP marketplaces in the remaining 33 states, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Health Status of People Buying Insurance Through Affordable Care Act & #39;s Marketplaces More Important to Premium Costs Than Age, Says Expert Group
Young adult participation may not be as critical to the success of the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces as widely believed, according to a new Commonwealth Fund brief detailing the perspectives of a group of prominent actuaries, insurers selling plans in the marketplaces, health policy researchers, and federal officials.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - February 12, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
