The Fund tracks trends in health coverage, access and quality, and general policy/practice issues in the U.S. and internationally. All information is available free of charge. Raw data are available to researchers one year post release. For more information, contact as@cmwf.org.
April 26, 2013 - Eighty-four million people―nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults―went without health insurance for a time last year or were underinsured because of high out-of-pocket costs relative to income, according to a new study based on findings from the Commonwealth Fund’s 2012 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
November 15, 2012 - Two-thirds of U.S. primary care physicians reported using electronic medical records in 2012, up from less than half (46%) in 2009, according to findings from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey,
June 17, 2012 - An estimated 13.7 million young adults ages 19–25 stayed on or joined their parents' health plans in 2011, including 6.6 million who likely would not have been able to do so prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
February 7, 2012 - Adults in low- and moderate-income families are more likely to be uninsured, to lack a regular source of health care, and to struggle to get the health care they need compared to those in higher-income families, according to a new Commonwealth Fund survey.
November 14, 2011 - Nearly nine of 10 leaders in health and health care policy say it is important for federal and state policymakers to continue efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act, according to the latest and final Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey.