New State Health Care Scorecard Finds Surge in ‘Deaths of Despair’; Premature Deaths Also on the Rise
The Commonwealth Fund has put out it's most recent Scorecard on State Health System Performance. Key findings include: deaths of despair surge, premature deaths are on the rise, gaps in mental health care are pervasive, and widespread gains have been made in health care access.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - May 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How Will the Trump Administration ’s Upcoming Rules Change the ACA Marketplaces in 2019, and What Will the Changes Mean for Consumers Who Rely on the Market for Insurance?
Learn more about the proposed rules change to the ACA marketplaces in 2019 from experts Sara Collins, Ph.D., Matthew Fiedler, Ph.D., and Sabrina Corlette.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - April 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study: Trump Administration ’s Push for Alternative Coverage Options Threatens Stability of ACA Marketplaces
The Trump administration’s proposed regulations encouraging the sale of health insurance plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) benefit requirements or consumer protections could siphon healthy enrollees from the ACA marketplaces, leaving them with a smaller, sicker group of enrollees. The problem could be compounded when the penalty for not having health insurance is eliminated in 2019.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Three of 10 Marketplace and Medicaid Enrollees Are Concerned About Losing Coverage
About one-third (36%) of Americans who have health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces and 27 percent of people with Medicaid are pessimistic they will be able to keep their coverage in the future. Of those, nearly half point to the federal government as the main source of their concern – believing either the Trump administration won’t continue implementing the ACA (32%) or Congress will repeal it (15%), a new Commonwealth Fund survey finds.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - March 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What Is Really Driving High Prescription Drug Costs and What Can Congress and the Administration Do to Rein Them In?
There is broad agreement that lowering prescription drug costs is a priority -- millions of consumers desperately need more affordable medications and costs are expected to rise substantially this year. Both Congress and the White House have recently taken steps to address the issue. The President’s budget includes a package of proposals aimed at cutting prescription drug costs in Medicare and Medicaid and expanding access to generic drugs. In addition, provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act signed into law on Feb. 9 will close a loophole in the Medicaid rebate program and lower government spending in the Medicare P...
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - February 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Association and Short-Term Health Plans: What Do Proposed Rules Mean for States and Consumers?
The Commonwealth Fund will host an educational briefing for reporters to detail possible implications of the Trump Administration's proposed rules for association and short-term health plans.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - January 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Health Care Access Scorecard: Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States and People Are Better Able to Afford Health Care; Gains at Risk If Individual Mandate Repealed, Chip Funding Not Renewed
Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the Affordable Care Act’s major health coverage expansions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard assessing access to health care. New Mexico’s rate dropped the most between 2013 and 2016, from 28 percent to 13 percent. A dozen other states, meanwhile, saw double-digit drops: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Medicaid and Medicare Accounted for 59 Percent of Health Care Revenue for the Five Largest U.S. Insurers in 2016, More Than Doubling Since 2010
In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 60 percent of health care revenues reported by the five largest U.S. commercial health insurance companies (UnitedHealthCare, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study supported by the Commonwealth Fund. Revenue from public coverage has more than doubled since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), growing from a combined total of $92.5 billion in 2010 to $213.1 billion in 2016.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - December 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New 11-Country Survey Finds U.S. Seniors Are the Sickest, Most Likely to Struggle to Afford Needed Health Care and Struggle With Basic Needs Like Food and Housing
New York, NY, November 15th, 2017 — Despite having nearly universal health coverage through Medicare, adults 65 and older in the United States are sicker than those in other countries and are more likely to go without needed care because of costs, according to the Commonwealth Fund’s 20th International Health Policy Survey, out today in Health Affairs.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - November 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Underinsured Rate Increased Sharply In 2016; More Than Two Of Five Marketplace Enrollees And A Quarter Of People With Employer Health Insurance Plans Are Now Underinsured
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - October 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Buying Health Insurance Across State Lines — What Does It Mean and What Are the Implications for Consumers?
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - October 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New Commonwealth Fund Survey Finds Uninsured Rates Rose in 2017 for 35-to-49-Year-Olds, People living in States That Have Not Expanded Medicaid, and People with Higher Incomes
There was a significant uptick in the uninsured rate for people ages 35 to 49, adults making more than 400 percent of the federal poverty level ($47,520 for an individual and $97,200 for a family of four), and those living in states that have not expanded Medicaid, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - September 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New Report: Affordable Care Act Narrowed Gaps in Access to Health Care Between Whites, and Blacks and Hispanics
The disparities in health care access that blacks and Hispanics face compared to whites narrowed between 2013 and 2015, following implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major coverage provisions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - August 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New Report: Uninsured Rate for U.S. Women Drops by Nearly Half Since Passage of ACA; More Women Buying Plans on Their Own
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect in 2010, the number of uninsured women ages 19 to 64 decreased by nearly half, from 20 percent (19 million) in 2010 to 11 percent (11 million) in 2016, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. Among low-income women earning less than $48,600 for a family four, the uninsured rate fell from 34 percent in 2010 to 18 percent in 2016.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - August 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New 11-Country Study: U.S. Health Care System Has Widest Gap Between People With Higher and Lower Incomes
Your level of income defines the health care you receive far more in the United States than in other wealthy nations, according to the Commonwealth Fund’s new 11-country report. The study, the only to include survey data to measure and compare patient and physician experiences across wealthy nations, ranks the U.S. last overall, and on providing equally accessible and high-quality health care, regardless of a person’s income.
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Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Newsroom - July 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
