A new strategy takes a step toward creating systems that understand and address family caregivers’ needs, building on ...

The budget bill would create millions of newly uninsured, increase consumers’ premiums, and impose new barriers on Americans’ ...

In North Carolina, eligibility for Medicaid and other social services is completed by county staff, which consists of 100 ...

Medicaid, the public health insurance program covering more than 72 million people with low income, is jointly funded by states and the federal government. Medicaid spending totaled around $890 ...

While all countries in this analysis offer health care coverage to older adults, the amount beneficiaries are required to spend out of pocket for health services — including prescription medications, ...

Pending the outcome of the 2024 presidential and congressional elections, the fate of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, may hang in the balance. Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump has a ...

Highlights. Mortality: As of 2022, women in the U.S. had the lowest life expectancy of 80 years compared to women in other high-income countries.As of 2021, women in the U.S. had the highest rate of ...

The United States continues to have the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. And within the U.S., the rate is by far the highest ...

Introduction. For nearly two decades, the Commonwealth Fund has tracked health and health care in each state, seeking both to understand how the policy choices we make affect people’s health outcomes ...

Medicare Advantage offers Medicare benefits through private insurance plans, as an alternative to traditional Medicare. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that ...

Abstract. Issue: Discrimination against patients in health care settings on the basis of race, ethnicity, or language can negatively impact quality of care and health outcomes.Workers on the front ...