This brief presents findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey to describe the state of Americans’ ...

This brief provides an overview of the current state of freestanding birth center care in the U.S. using available data.

The health and socioeconomic issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the American public’s longstanding challenges in accessing mental health and substance use services, ...

Eighty-five percent of all U.S. health care spending goes toward managing chronic diseases connected to poor diet and nutrition. Yet most doctors receive little to no meaningful training in nutrition.

December 15, 2009 -- Democratic senators traveled to the White House on Tuesday for a meeting with President Obama aimed at building a united front on health care, and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman said he ...

Arnav Shah, M.P.P., is a researcher working across the Commonwealth Fund’s program areas. In this role, Mr. Shah provides research and analytic support to the Fund’s work in all of its core areas, ...

Read full profiles of international health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, ...

Carson Richards joined the Commonwealth Fund in July 2024 and is currently senior program assistant for the Expanding Coverage and Access program. In this role, she is responsible for a variety of ...

Katie Greene, M.P.P., is director of public health at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), where she works on projects related to substance use and public health, including public ...

Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, University of Texas at Austin Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., is visiting professor at the University of Texas Austin School of Nursing. In addition, she ...

We believe everyone should be able to get the effective, affordable care they need to maintain and improve their health. Focusing on people who have low incomes and those who are medically underserved ...