January 30, 2020 – The United States spends substantially more than any other wealthy nation on health care, yet it has a lower life expectancy and a higher suicide rate than its peer nations, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The report, U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2019: Higher Spending, Worse Outcomes, […]
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STUDY: Proposed Law Would Allow Health Insurers to Exclude Preexisting Conditions From Coverage
Nov. 1, 2018 – Allowing insurance companies to exclude preexisting conditions from health insurance coverage could cost consumers with asthma, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure thousands of dollars in increased out-of-pocket costs, according to a report out today from the Commonwealth Fund. Coverage for preexisting health conditions, which is guaranteed under the Affordable […]
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State-Level Individual Mandates Would Reduce Number of Uninsured by Nearly 4 Million in 2019
July 20, 2018 – Close to 4 million Americans would gain health insurance, and premium costs would drop an average of nearly 12 percent, if every state joined Massachusetts and New Jersey in enacting state-level individual mandates. These mandates would replace the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) penalty for not having health insurance, a fee that […]