Americans enrolled in "consumer-driven" health care--a new type of health coverage designed to make people more cost-conscious--are less satisfied with their health plans than those with comprehensive health insurance, a new survey finds. Read more »
One of four workers in America work under contract or work part-time or temporary jobs. According to a new Fund report, such workers are often excluded from job-based health coverage, and the uninsured rate among these workers stands at a whopping 24 percent. Read more »
Payments for high-risk pools intended to make coverage more available and accessible to the "uninsurable" seem to have primarily helped states improve their balance sheets, Fund researchers say. Read more »
While collecting information on patients' race, ethnicity, and preferred language is crucial to hospitals and clinics, the way in which providers gather such potentially sensitive information is important to patients. Read more »
Comparing her first experience navigating the American health system with a visit to Baskin-Robbins, a British health economist asks, "Can we treat health care like ice cream?" Read more »