The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting ...

The American health care system is broken. Life expectancy is dropping, maternal mortality is on the rise, disparities abound ...

Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., M.S., is president and chief executive officer of AcademyHealth. He is a nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, health services researcher ...

In a recent appropriations package for 2024, Congress included several reforms that will increase access to behavioral health ...

Our Scorecard ranks every state’s health care system based on how well it provides high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. Read the report to see health care rankings by state.

In medical school, students learning about illness, pathology, and disease are trained almost exclusively on images of white patients. Even materials on illnesses that predominantly affect Black ...

The Dose is the Commonwealth Fund’s podcast that presents fresh ideas, new perspectives, and compelling conversations about where health care is headed. Join host Joel Bervell this season for ...

While many in the United States will gain health insurance coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act, undocumented immigrants are one group that will not see much benefit from the law. Focusing ...

In its current state, public health has limited political power and capacity to address the social, economic, and ...

Julian Drix, M.P.H., leads Human Impact Partners’ Bridging Program, which builds partnerships and supports inside-outside strategies between public health agencies and community power-building ...