Commonwealth Fund
The Commonwealth Fund was founded in 1918 as a philanthropic organization with the mandate, “Do something for the welfare of mankind”, Anna Harkness. The Commonwealth fund operates nine program areas, Health Care Quality Improvement and Efficiency, State Innovations, Quality of Care for Underserved Populations, The Future of Health Insurance, Patient-Centered Primary Care, Child Development and Preventive Care, Quality of Care for Frail Elders and the International Program in Health Policy and Practice. The Commonwealth Fund publishes related articles, reports and free newsletters. Media Inquiries are welcome
Address
One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021
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News Office
mm [at] cmwf [dot] org
Phone
212-606-3853
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Contact
bf@cmwf.org
"Commonwealth Fund" in the news:
International survey of physicians in 11 countries reveals US lagging in access, quality, HIT use
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies ...
Experts favor broad medicare reforms to control costs and foster health-care innovations
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A vast majority of leaders in health care and health policy believe Medicare has been successful in providing access to care and stable coverage to the elderly and disabled individuals; however only a small percentage think ...
Costs of expanding health care coverage partly offset by future Medicare savings
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Expanding health coverage might not cost as much as policymakers assume.
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums projected to double by 2020
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its ...
Health reform proposals could help 13 million uninsured young adults gain coverage
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would ...
No jobs, no insurance: hard times for young adults
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Emily Weinstein graduated from college into an economic meltdown, and as a self-employed jewelry maker she'll be lucky to bring in $16,000 this year.
New report: Individual health insurance market failing consumers
Jul 21, 2009 |
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The individual health insurance market is not a viable option for the majority of uninsured adults, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund finds. Seventy-three percent of people who tried to buy insurance on their own in ...
Private and public insurance choices could help pay for national health care reform
Jul 16, 2009 |
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As lawmakers debate how to pay for an overhaul of the nation's health care system, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund projects that including both private and public insurance choices in a new insurance exchange would ...
Out-of-pocket health-care costs rise for workers with employer coverage
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, according to a study published today on the Health Affairs Web site.
Physicians can lead health care reform through payment and delivery system reforms
May 20, 2009 |
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Physicians can and should play a leading role in achieving health care reform by working towards comprehensive reform of the way health care is paid for and delivered, helping achieve a guaranteed 1.5 percent annual savings ...
7 of 10 women are uninsured or underinsured, or have medical bill, debt, access problems
May 11, 2009 |
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Women are more likely than men to feel the pinch of rising health costs and eroding health benefits, with about half (52%) of working-age women reporting problems accessing needed care because of costs, compared to 39 percent ...
Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans to total $11.4 billion in 2009
May 04, 2009 |
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Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than what the same beneficiaries would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report released today ...
Universal coverage may narrow racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps in health care
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Health care disparities in the U.S. have long been noted, with particular attention paid to the gaps separating racial and economic groups. And while some research has looked at how insurance—and lack of insurance—contributes ...
White House seeks health plan compromise
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Low-income families with sick children often enrolled in high-deductible health care plans
Mar 30, 2009 |
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High-deductible health plans are increasingly used by healthy people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But they also end up enrolling many low-income, vulnerable families, finds a study of Massachusetts families ...
