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The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Part III

Excerpt: The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey was conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of The Commonwealth Fund, with a broad group of 289 opinion leaders in health policy and innovators in health care delivery and finance. It was the third in a series of six bimonthly surveys designed to highlight leaders' perspectives on the most important and timely health policy issues facing the nation.

The Commonwealth Fund's Plan for Universal Coverage: Which Tier Would You Be On?

Excerpt: Last week the Commonwealth Fund published a proposal for a 'High-Performance Health Care System' that is ambitious, and admirably honest. Unlike many health care pundits, the lead author, Cathy Schoen, understands our Byzantine health care system from the inside out. As a result, she does not try to paper over the complexities, inefficiencies and inequities of U.S. health care. She acknowledges them as she struggles to make an irrational system rational. The Commonwealth Fund's 90-page report deserves a close reading. But before I begin to analyze it, let me stress that whatever objections I may raise about the Commonwealth proposal only illustrate just how hard it is to devise a plan that will deliver high quality, affordable, sustainable health care to all Americans.

Words from the President of The Commonwealth Fund -- Targets for the U.S. Health System

Excerpt: The Commonwealth Fund feels the time is again ripe for foundation leadership and thus has established a Commission on a High Performance Health System. The Commission has just begun its work yet it has already identified 10 priorities for deliberation and, ultimately, for a high-performance health system, which would be organized around these core values:[.]

Comments from the President of The Commonwealth Fund on the State of the Health Care System

Excerpt: President Bush outlined several strategies to reform the U.S. health care system in his latest State of the Union Address. Recognizing the need to improve the affordability and availability of health care is an important step toward a health care system that works for all Americans. However, the proposals the president put forward do not go far enough to reverse the alarming trends we have seen in recent years.

The Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey

this report examines the effect of the recession on the health insurance coverage of adults between the ages of 19 and 64 and the implications for their finances and access to health care.

The Commonwealth Fund/'Modern Healthcare' Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Health Care Delivery System Reform

Excerpt: The ... Survey asked a diverse group of experts for their perspective on health care delivery system reform. Survey participants call for fundamental change in the way the U.S. delivery system is organized, with one of nine favoring such reform. Favored policy strategies for reform include strengthening the primary care system, encouraging care coordination, and promoting care management of high-cost patients with complex conditions. Opinion leaders also cite payment reform as an important strategy to enhance primary care physicians' ability to provide coordinated, high-quality care, as well as to help prevent costly hospitalizations.

The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Assessing Congress's Policy Priorities

Excerpt: This was the seventh in a series of bimonthly surveys designed to highlight leaders' perspectives on the most effective and timely health policy issues facing the nation. The survey focused on health policy priorities for Congress over the next five years.

The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, Part II

Excerpt: This survey focused on health insurance issues, including goals for the next 10 years, the future of employer-sponsored coverage, group purchasing options for small employers, individual mandates, health savings accounts, and state public program expansions. [The target page has links to the Press Release, Topline Results, Survey Tables, and the Survey Summary.]

Taking the Pulse: The Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey is Introduced

Excerpt: [I]n conjunction with Harris Interactive, the well-known online polling company, we've developed the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey, a collection of 1,155 experts and innovative thinkers representing a broad range of health care sectors and points of view. We'll be surveying this group regularly on important policy questions and soliciting commentaries from a number of those same opinion leaders on the major issues of the day. Our goal is not only to gauge[.]

A Commentary on The Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey on Health Spending and Reform Implementation

In the 20 months since President Obama signed the historic Affordable Care Act into law, millions of Americans are already receiving help they need to improve their health, improve their care, and save money.