States can make medical debt protections more effective by broadening eligibility and scope, reducing administrative barriers ...

Extreme weather events that threaten power outages are becoming more frequent, making reliable power a health equity issue.

Mat Kelley, M.A., is the acting director for the Harkness Fellowship, for the Commonwealth Fund’s Promoting International Learning and Exchange program. In this role, he provides comprehensive support ...

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care. As enrollment in ACA-compliant ...

A pedestrian walks past bullet holes in the window of a storefront on South Street in Philadelphia on June 5, 2022. The U.S. has the highest overall rate of death from firearms compared to 13 other ...

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care.

March 12, 2010 -- It may not spark spinoffs of the popular reality TV show "Dog the Bounty Hunter," but the Obama administration this week announced an expanded effort to fight fraud by paying ...

The Commonwealth Fund is committed to transparency. We share regularly updated information about our grantmaking as well as current demographic data on our staff, directors, grantees, and fellows. Our ...

Health insurance is essential for getting timely care. In the United States, however, health coverage is fragmented, difficult to navigate, and unaffordable for many. About half of Americans have ...

Countries around the world are grappling with the shared challenges of rising health care costs, physician burnout, and aging populations.1 Yet the United States has long been an outlier in several ...

Causes of Coverage Gaps More than 60 percent of uninsured people are eligible for coverage with some type of subsidy (Exhibit 2). 10 Some enrollment barriers for eligible individuals are policy-driven ...