Health Status of People Buying Insurance Through Affordable Care Act'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
New Commonwealth Fund State-by-State Analysis: Most States Taking Action to Implement Affordable Care Act's Insurance Reforms; Approaches Vary Widely
States have taken substantially varying actions to implement and enforce the Affordable Care Act’s three major components designed to expand health insurance coverage and protect consumers—health insurance market reforms, health insurance marketplaces, and Medicaid expansion—according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - February 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Survey: About One-Quarter Of Americans Potentially Eligible for Health Coverage Visited Insurance Marketplaces by December, Up From 17 Percent In October
Twenty-four percent of Americans who are potentially eligible for health insurance coverage had visited one of the new insurance marketplaces by the end of December to find a health plan, whether by mail, Internet, phone, or in person, a new Commonwealth Fund survey finds.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - January 9, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kathryn Haslanger Elected to Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors
Kathryn D. Haslanger, chief executive officer of JASA (Jewish Association Serving the Aging), has been elected to the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors, effective immediately.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - January 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Despite Slowdown in Health Care Cost Growth, Widely Accepted Cost Controls Must Be Implemented
Regardless of the cause of the recent slowdown in U.S. health care cost growth, the U.S. needs to continue to control health spending, according to a new study by David Blumenthal, M.D., and Kristof Stremikis of The Commonwealth Fund and David Cutler, Ph.D., of Harvard University.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
First Analysis of Insurer Rate Increases Above 10% in New Health Plans Finds Most Driven by Medical Costs; Affordable Care Act Not a Major Factor in 2013
Rising medical costs were the primary driver of recent rate increases by health insurers, accounting for three-quarters or more of the larger premium hikes requested between July 2012 and June 2013, a new Commonwealth Fund study finds.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New State-by-State Analysis: States Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act Are Costing Their Taxpayers Billions
The 20 states choosing not to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are forgoing billions of dollars in federal funds, while residents in their states are contributing to the cost of the expansions in other states, according to a new Commonwealth Fund study.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Donald Moulds to Join Commonwealth Fund as Executive Vice President for Programs
Donald Moulds will join The Commonwealth Fund as its new Executive Vice President for Programs effective January, 2014. Since June 2012, Moulds has served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New 11-Country Health Care Survey: U.S. Adults Spend Most; Forgo Care Due to Costs, Struggle to Pay Medical Bills, and Contend with Insurance Complexity at Highest Rates
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 industrialized nations to go without health care because of costs, have difficulty paying medical bills, and encounter time-consuming health insurance paperwork or disputes, including claims that were unexpectedly not paid.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Survey: Seventeen Percent of Americans Who Are Potentially Eligible for Coverage Have Visited Health Insurance Marketplaces; Sixty Percent Are Aware of Them
Seventeen percent of Americans who are potentially eligible for coverage have visited new health insurance marketplaces to buy coverage, via mail, Internet, phone, or in person, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey, conducted between October 9 and 27, tracking people’s experiences with the marketplaces since the October 1 launch.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Survey: Small-Business Owners Give High Ratings to Features of New ‘SHOP’ Marketplaces, Value Choice of Plans for Their Employees, Have Benefitted from Affordable Care Act
A majority (56%) of small -business owners who currently provide their employees with health benefits are interested in being able to offer a choice of health plans while paying a fixed cost, with the employee paying extra for choosing a more expensive plan, according to a new NORC study supported by The Commonwealth Fund and published today as a Health Affairs Web First.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - October 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Survey As Health Insurance Marketplaces Launch: 3 of 4 People Are Aware of Individual Mandate but Only 4 of 10 Know About Marketplaces and Premium Subsidies
As the key components of the Affordable Care Act roll out this week, more than three-quarters of U.S. adults are aware of the law's individual mandate, while only four of 10 are aware of the new health insurance marketplaces opening on October 1, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
First-Ever Scorecard Evaluates How Well States' Health Care Systems Are Working for Low-Income Americans, Finds Wide Disparities in Access to Care and Health Care Quality
Access to affordable health care and quality of care vary greatly for low-income people based on where they live, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
The Commonwealth Fund Announces a New Agenda to Promote a High Performing Health Care System in a Post-Health Reform Environment
The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation working toward a high performance health system, will hone its focus to address emerging issues in the post-health reform landscape.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New Report: As Many as Two of Five Uninsured Adults Living in States That Do Not Expand Medicaid Under the Affordable Care Act Would Have No New Health Insurance Options in 2014
Two of five adults who have recently been uninsured living in states that have not yet decided to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act would likely have no new affordable health insurance options if their states don’t eventually expand the program, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
