Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance ...

Medicare coverage influences commercial insurance and Medicaid. Many commercial insurers follow Medicare’s coverage decisions ...

Mark Del Monte, J.D., is chief executive officer/executive vice president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Prior to this role, he served as the AAP’s chief deputy and senior vice president ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commonwealth Fund is committed to sharing research, analysis, and evidence-based policy options to respond to the crisis. Our efforts are particularly focused on ...

The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting ...

The longstanding bond between employers and health insurance dates back to World War II, when the implementation of wage controls prompted companies to seek out ways to differentiate themselves from ...

Findings from the 2022 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians For at least the past two decades, the United States and other countries around the world have been bracing for a ...

Overtreatment is a big problem in American health care. The proliferation of unnecessary medical tests and procedures not only harms patients but costs the United States billions of dollars every year ...

Medicaid is an essential source of health coverage for one in five Americans, providing access to care for low-income families, communities of color, people with disabilities, and other underserved ...

This brief was originally published in December 2020 and updated in July 2025. In 2023, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the ...

Primary care providers (PCPs) serve as most people’s first point of contact with the health care system. These clinicians build relationships with their patients over time and help coordinate care ...

Despite the potential of these models to strengthen the primary care infrastructure and improve patient care, 4 most primary care practices do not participate in them. A 2022 survey found that just 46 ...