As enrollment in ACA-compliant coverage becomes more challenging, insurance products and arrangements that do not meet ACA standards will become more prevalent.

Health costs in 2026 are projected to grow at a faster pace than in recent years for the third year in a row, driven by hospital consolidation that increases the price of medical services; ongoing ...

Our health is affected by the complex social and economic conditions in which we live, even more so than the quality of health care or our access to clinical services. The drivers of health — among ...

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 ...

People’s health also varies markedly across and within states, as does access to health services and overall quality of care. 5 Large racial and ethnic health inequities, driven by factors both inside ...

Despite the potential of these models to strengthen the primary care infrastructure and improve patient care, 4 most primary care practices do not participate in them. A 2022 survey found that just 46 ...

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 ...

For many people, primary care is their first point of contact with the health system, and decades of evidence shows it is critical for population health, health equity, and the overall efficiency of ...

Medicaid operates alongside a number of federal grant programs that directly support “safety net” health care providers. The best-known programs are community health centers, the Ryan White CARE Act, ...

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law, more than 20 million people have gained health insurance coverage, with the U.S. uninsured rate reaching a record low by 2016. 1 This expansion in ...

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 ...

In the United States, the risk of dying from pregnancy-related causes is more than four times higher for someone giving birth in Louisiana than in California, and a child born in Mississippi is nearly ...