A new strategy takes a step toward creating systems that understand and address family caregivers’ needs, building on ...

The budget bill would create millions of newly uninsured, increase consumers’ premiums, and impose new barriers on Americans’ ...

In North Carolina, eligibility for Medicaid and other social services is completed by county staff, which consists of 100 ...

A pregnant woman in the United States is over three times more likely to die of related complications than her peers in Germany, France, or the United Kingdom. While Black and Indigenous women die at ...

In early January, the outgoing Biden administration finalized a new national standard that bans credit rating agencies from including medical debt on most consumer credit reports. The new rule, which ...

Highlights. Mortality: As of 2022, women in the U.S. had the lowest life expectancy of 80 years compared to women in other high-income countries.As of 2021, women in the U.S. had the highest rate of ...

Abstract. Issue: During the past 14 years, the federal government and states have fielded numerous value-based payment (VBP) models for primary care to move away from a fee-for-service payment model ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. People enrolled in both Medicare ...

The United States continues to have the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. And within the U.S., the rate is by far the highest ...

Introduction. For nearly two decades, the Commonwealth Fund has tracked health and health care in each state, seeking both to understand how the policy choices we make affect people’s health outcomes ...

Having a regular doctor or place of care is key to preventive care, the early detection and treatment of disease, and chronic disease management. 5 Patients with a usual source of care are more likely ...

Abstract. Issue: The shortage of direct care workers — like home health aides and personal care aides who assist people needing help with daily tasks — threatens the ability of older adults and ...