The United States spends more on health care than any other country, yet Americans continue to experience worse health outcomes than their international peers. What lessons can the U.S. learn from ...

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 ...

The Commonwealth Fund’s Expanding Coverage and Access program seeks to ensure that everyone in the U.S. has access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage, whether through employers, Medicaid, ...

The Achieving Equitable Outcomes program aims to reduce unequal treatment, experience, and outcomes in health and health care. It generates evidence, promotes innovative care models, and develops ...

The high level of U.S. spending puts a tremendous strain on businesses, governments, and household budgets. It makes care increasingly unaffordable for people — even to the point where many forgo or ...

Second, undergirding these pillars is the basic principle that everyone, no matter who they are, where they live, or how much ...

Ph.D., is a professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, S.C. He serves as the director of the South Carolina Center for Rural and ...

The Relative Value Scale Update Committee’s role in determining reimbursement rates has come under scrutiny for its ...

Unexpected medical bills are almost an American rite of passage. Millions of Americans with private health insurance are denied coverage for medical services every year, often due to billing errors or ...