Rural Americans face significant barriers to accessing adequate primary care; tailored federal and state programs can help ...

The Orphan Drug Act has catalyzed innovation in rare disease treatments, but the law’s shortcomings — particularly around ...

This survey brief examines factors contributing to burnout among primary care physicians in 10 countries and strategies to ...

H.R. 1, the tax and spending law passed in 2025, requires states to implement work requirements for expanded Medicaid ...

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 ...

The U.S. health care system has long been marked by high spending, comparatively poor health outcomes, inequities, waste, and inefficiency. To address these issues, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

How did states do during the COVID-19 pandemic? Every year, the Commonwealth Fund’s Scorecard on State Health System Performance uses the latest data available to assess how well the health care ...

Summary: Hospital at home programs that enable patients to receive acute care at home have proven effective in reducing complications while cutting the cost of care by 30 percent or more, leading to ...

Summary: Prices for health care services vary significantly among providers, even for common procedures, and it's often difficult for patients to determine their out-of-pocket costs before receiving ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commonwealth Fund is committed to sharing research, analysis, and evidence-based policy options to respond to the crisis. Our efforts are particularly focused on ...

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 ...