We support independent research on health care issues and make grants to promote better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency in health care, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including people of color, people with low income, and those who are uninsured.

The mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing, equitable health care system that promotes better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency in health care for everyone — regardless of income, insurance status, geography, gender, race, ethnicity, or ability status — and especially for society’s most vulnerable. The …

The Commonwealth Fund focuses on three core areas where we believe we can make the biggest difference: Coverage, Care, and Cost. We also look abroad for ideas and inspiration to improve health care in the U.S. through our International work. And we support initiatives to improve health and health care in our home base, New York City. Because the Commonwealth Fund is all about affordable ...

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As a community of individuals seeking to improve health care policy and practice through evidence-based research, we encourage all our staff to contribute to this work, regardless of title or tenure. We consider diversity of experience and perspective to be essential to our success. Click to learn more about working at the Fund.

The Commonwealth Fund delivers timely information on people’s experiences in accessing and affording health care. Our researchers also evaluate how public policies affect health insurance coverage and affordability nationally and at the state level.

Oct 21, 2020 · For more than 50 years, Medicare has helped older adults, people with disabilities, and others obtain the health care they need while protecting them from the financial burden of high medical bills. The Commonwealth Fund supports research into ways that this crucial program can serve its beneficiaries more equitably, effectively, and efficiently while continuing to promote improvement ...

What types of projects do you fund? The Commonwealth Fund carries out its mission by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. The Fund supports research in the following programmatic areas: Preference is given to grant ...

Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance through their jobs. Read more in an explainer here.

In the 15 years since enactment of the most significant health reform legislation in half a century, it’s now clear that millions of Americans have benefited from the insurance coverage expansions, premium and cost-sharing subsidies, consumer protections, and market reforms ushered in by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). During that time, the Commonwealth Fund’s Health Care …