Patricia Richardson Schoenbrun is a New Orleans-based writer. She served as a municipal reporter for The Daily Southtown, a daily newspaper that covers the southside of Chicago and its neighboring ...
Good health insurance is an essential component of affordable, accessible, and equitable health care. That’s why the Commonwealth Fund regularly asks people: how good is your coverage? And, when we ...
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Employer-sponsored health ...
Chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are leading causes of global morbidity and mortality, with costs projected to reach $47 trillion by 2030. Many are preventable through ...
Notably, we have developed a better understanding of the role that system-level factors such as structural racism and inequitable access to quality care play in driving disparities in maternal ...
The Medicare open enrollment period — a time when beneficiaries can change their coverage — began October 15 and runs through December 7. Medicare beneficiaries receive benefits either through ...
Helen Mittmann, M.A.A., is senior research associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. She has worked ...
Anne Morris Reid, M.P.H., policy director of the Funders Forum on Accountable Health project, is also a lecturer in the Health Policy and Management Department at the Milken Institute School of Public ...
Jennifer Trott, M.P.H., is a lead research scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. Her focus is on ...
Ph.D. Student in Health Services Research, Boston University School of Public Health David Biko, M.H.A., is a Ph.D. student in health services research at the Boston University School of Public Health ...
American families are confronting harsh financial realities of late, from rising unemployment and sluggish wage growth to high food and fuel costs and tight credit. Added to these worries are soaring ...
Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared with six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, ...