However, starting last spring, the federal government has reversed course on longstanding vaccine guidance. First, the ...

Strengthening the standards to which Medicaid managed care organizations are held would likely improve access to and delivery ...

Policymakers are exploring reforms to address shortcomings of risk adjustment that inflate Medicare Advantage payments and ...

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Unfortunately, federal efforts to protect people from crippling medical debt have stalled. This means that now more than ever ...

Without PRAMS, the U.S. will be less able to direct public resources toward the most effective interventions for meeting ...

The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting ...

The article is part of a partnership between the Commonwealth Fund and the Bassett Research Institute in Cooperstown, N.Y., to explore innovative approaches to the health care challenges facing rural ...

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 ...

In 2017, at a time when maternal mortality was declining worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the U.S. was one of only two countries (along with the Dominican Republic) to ...