Hannah Johnson, R.N., a cardiac ICU nurse at Tufts Medical Center in Boston on December 25, 2024. A bill pending in the ...

As people get older, issues like physical frailty, cognitive decline, grief, and loneliness can take a serious toll on their mental health. Around the world, it is important for countries to monitor ...

Findings from the 2024 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults Health care systems around the world are struggling — and at times failing — to meet the unique needs of ...

January Angeles, M.P.P., is managing director at Bailit Health. She has more than 20 years of experience in health care policy and management. Her expertise includes legislative and policy analysis, ...

The Commonwealth Fund is committed to achieving health equity in the United States. What do we mean by that? To us, health equity means that everyone, regardless of their income, insurance status, ...

Mat Kelley, M.A., is a program associate for the Commonwealth Fund’s International Health Policy and Practice Innovations team. In this role, he provides comprehensive support to the Harkness ...

Congress is considering a joint resolution to set federal budget targets for the next 10 years. Although the actual policies will need to be specified in subsequent legislation, the U.S. House of ...

To comply with MHPAEA, the new rule requires insurers to collect and analyze outcome data, such as rates of out-of-network utilization and denied claims, to assess whether the treatment limits imposed ...

Jameson Carter, M.S., is a senior data scientist in the Health Policy Division at the Urban Institute, where he develops and applies Urban’s Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model. Before joining ...

Congressional Republicans are considering making major funding cuts to Medicaid, the primary payer in the United States for long-term services and supports (LTSS). LTSS include services delivered in ...

People in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) must generally renew their coverage 12 months after they enroll. 1 People can be disenrolled for two main reasons. First, some ...