The mission of the fund is to promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. The fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve healthcare practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.
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Repealing Federal Health Reform: Economic and Employment Consequences for States
Jan 5, 2017
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund; Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University

Gaining Ground: Americans' Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care After the Affordable Care Act's First Open Enrollment Period
Jul 10, 2014
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Moving Forward With Wellness Incentives Under the Affordable Care Act: Lessons From Germany
May 29, 2012
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Gaps in Health Insurance: Why So Many Americans Experience Breaks in Coverage and How the Affordable Care Act Will Help
Apr 19, 2012
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Estimating the Impact of the Medical Loss Ratio Rule: A State-by-State Analysis
Apr 5, 2012
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

New Opportunities for Integrating and Improving Health Care for Women, Children, and Their Families
Feb 8, 2012
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund; Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

The Income Divide in Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act Will Help Restore Fairness to the U.S. Health System
Feb 7, 2012
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Transforming Community Health Centers Into Patient-Centered Medical Homes: The Role of Payment Reform
Sep 28, 2011
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Realizing Health Reform's Potential: When Unemployed Means Uninsured: The Toll of Job Loss on Health Coverage, and How the Affordable Care Act Will Help
Aug 23, 2011
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Promising Payment Reform: Risk-Sharing With Accountable Care Organizations
Jul 25, 2011
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Do Medicare Advantage Plans Respond to Payment Changes? A Look at the Data from 2009 to 2014
Mar 14, 2018
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Medicaid Payment and Delivery Reform: Insights from Managed Care Plan Leaders in Medicaid Expansion States
Mar 7, 2018
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Older Americans Were Sicker and Faced More Financial Barriers to Health Care Than Counterparts in Other Countries
Nov 15, 2017
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

How the Affordable Care Act Has Improved Americans' Ability to Buy Health Insurance on Their Own: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2016
Feb 2, 2017
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

Repealing Federal Health Reform: Economic and Employment Consequences for States
Jan 5, 2017
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund; Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University

How Much of a Factor Is the Affordable Care Act in the Declining Uninsured Rate?
Dec 19, 2016
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund

The Slowdown in Employer Insurance Cost Growth: Why Many Workers Still Feel the Pinch
Oct 26, 2016
Publisher(s): Commonwealth Fund