This report evaluates disparities in health and health care across racial and ethnic groups, both within states and between U ...

A growing number of medical practices are backed by private equity investment, a shift that is impacting physician income and ...

The renewed debate over Most Favored Nation (MFN) drug pricing in the United States reflects a legitimate frustration: ...

Novel medicines hold promise for patients, but rising costs pose affordability and equity challenges for health systems ...

Initial numbers show marketplace sign-ups down by more than 1 million people nationwide in 2026, with enrollment expected to ...

Explore the various approaches to achieving universal health coverage and their implications for access, quality, and cost of care.

Learn about our culture and explore career opportunities at the Commonwealth Fund’s New York City and Washington, D.C., offices. The Commonwealth Fund was established in 1918 with the broad charge to ...

Health insurance is essential for getting timely care. In the United States, however, health coverage is fragmented, difficult to navigate, and unaffordable for many. About half of Americans have ...

Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance through their jobs. Read more in an explainer here.

This issue of Transforming Care looks at how employees of health care systems are working to make AI useful while also mitigating the risk of harm to patients.

More people than ever rely on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces for health insurance. 1 Millions more will become eligible for marketplace coverage after losing Medicaid as the ...

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 ...