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2 weeks ago | 
commonwealthfund.org | Eugene Declercq |Marie E Thoma |Pooja Mehta |Laurie Zephyrin
At first glance, maternal deaths might appear to be a straightforward issue to quantify and measure. Deaths occurring at the time of birth in a hospital as a result of conditions clearly related to delivery, such as postpartum hemorrhage, are easy to classify as pregnancy-related.
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1 month ago | 
commonwealthfund.org | Lena Marceno |Dawn Joyce |Harper Eisen
Proposals to dramatically cut Medicaid funding could put the health and lives of nearly 24 million women at risk.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
commonwealthfund.org | Gretchen Jacobson |Faith Leonard
Surveys / February 20, 2025 Nine out of 10 Medicare Advantage beneficiaries said supplemental benefits are important to them, but only seven out of 10 said they used them Black and Hispanic beneficiaries, people with lower incomes, and people with functional limitations were more likely to say they valued Medicare supplemental benefits Introduction Medicare beneficiaries receive their Medicare-covered benefits through either traditional Medicare (TM) or private insurance plans known as...
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
commonwealthfund.org | Evan D. Gumas
Blog / January 9, 2025 Evan D. Gumas Research Associate, International Health Policy and Practice Innovations, The Commonwealth Fund Evan D.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
commonwealthfund.org | Faith Leonard |Arnav Shah |Gretchen Jacobson
Blog / December 2, 2024 Faith Leonard Program Associate, Advancing Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund Arnav Shah Senior Research Associate, Policy and Research, The Commonwealth Fund Gretchen Jacobson Vice President, Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund Faith Leonard Program Associate, Advancing Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund Arnav Shah Senior Research Associate, Policy and Research, The Commonwealth Fund Gretchen Jacobson Vice President, Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund During Medicare open...
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
commonwealthfund.org | Sara Rosenbaum
Historically, intentional discrimination has been a feature of America’s health care system, with practices and policies deliberately aimed at excluding certain people from care or denying them needed care solely because of their race, color, national origin, disability, or other personal characteristic.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
commonwealthfund.org | MaryBeth Musumeci |Elizabeth Leiser |Sara Rosenbaum |Huba Zaman
Regulations are a fundamental part of health policy. Congress legislates in broad terms and agencies fill in technical details on myriad issues, from how Medicaid eligibility is determined to how Medicare providers are paid to how new drugs are approved for market. A recent Supreme Court decision, Loper Bright v. Raimondo, changes the balance of power between courts and federal agencies when interpreting laws and reviewing regulations and also impacts “friend of the court” (or amicus) briefs.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
commonwealthfund.org | Sarah Morriss |Nina Russell
In September 2023, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities designated disabled people as a health disparity population, signaling the possibility for increased research funding to investigate the widespread health inequities faced by a community made up of people with a diverse range of health conditions and identities, and the shared experience of systemic discrimination that hinders their full participation in society.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
commonwealthfund.org | David Blumenthal
Private equity (PE) in health care — that is, for-profit ownership by private investors of health care providers and facilities — has grown considerably over the past decade, raising lawmakers’ concerns about its consequences for the cost, quality, and equity of health care services. But this concern has not yet translated widely into action. In this blog post, we’ll look at current private equity policy and how policy developments may influence the future spread of PE investment in health care.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
commonwealthfund.org | Faith Leonard |Gretchen Jacobson
Blog / October 1, 2024 Faith Leonard Program Associate, Advancing Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund Gretchen Jacobson Vice President, Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund Faith Leonard Program Associate, Advancing Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund Gretchen Jacobson Vice President, Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund About one of five Medicare beneficiaries said they used discount websites to purchase prescription drugs in the past year Changes to how Medicare pays for prescription drugs, made through the...