July 27, 2009 - Leaders in health care and health care policy believe that Americans should have a choice of public and private health insurance plans, and two-thirds believe the public plan should incorporate innovative methods for paying providers, including global fees.
April 27, 2009 - Nearly all respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey agree that the U.S. must rein in the growth of health care spending, and most believe it is possible to hold the current percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) devoted to health care steady over the next decade.
January 19, 2009 - The 17th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey asked a diverse group of experts about priorities for the incoming administration and found President Obama enjoys a strong mandate for major elements of the health care reform proposal unveiled during the 2008 presidential campaign.
November 3, 2008 - Leaders in health care and health care policy feel strongly that the way we pay for health care in the U.S. must be fundamentally reformed. The latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey reports that more than two-thirds of respondents expressed strong dissatisfaction with the current system, which is generally based on "fee-for-service" payment, saying the current system is not effective in encouraging high quality and efficient care.
July 21, 2008 - The 15th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey asked a diverse group of experts for their perspectives on the future of long-term care in the United States.
April 21, 2008 - Health care opinion leaders are in agreement that a more organized delivery system--one with enhanced access to care, care coordination, and health information exchanges, and one in which hospitals, practices, and providers work together to improve quality and efficiency--is more likely to deliver high-quality, efficient, and patient-centered care than a non-organized system.
January 28, 2008 - The 13th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey found that most leaders in health care and health policy favor plans that build on the nation's current mixed system of public and private group insurance.
November 19, 2007 - The 12th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey found that increased transparency in the quality and price of health care is important, according to a diverse group of experts.
July 30, 2007 - According to participants in the most recent Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, the current health system is not achieving and is not designed to foster high quality. Responses indicate strong support for greater government leadership; creation of a new public–private entity to coordinate quality improvement efforts and set a national quality agenda; changes in the way providers are paid; greater integration of providers; and reforms to promote medical homes.
April 23, 2007 - The State Children's Health Insurance Program has been successful in increasing access to health care for low-income children and in reducing the rate of uninsured, low-income children, acccording to the latest Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders survey.
January 8, 2007 - Expanding coverage for the uninsured should be the top health care priority for the new Congress over the next five years, say the majority of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders survey. Other top priorities are moderating rising health care costs, reforming Medicare to ensure long-term solvency, and increasing the use of information technology.
July 14, 2006 - Despite the controversy surrounding the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, two-thirds of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey agree that enactment of Part D was on balance good for beneficiaries. The experts, however, also support basic changes to the law.
March 24, 2006 - Expanding coverage of the uninsured should be Congress' top health policy priority, says a majority of respondents to the Fund's latest Health Care Opinion Leaders survey. Leaders also say that a good way to expand coverage is to let individuals and small businesses buy into the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program or a similar option.
December 29, 2005 - Financing the nation's long-term care needs should be a responsibility shared equally by government and individuals, agrees a majority of respondents to the Fund's latest Health Care Opinion Leaders survey. A wide majority of respondents to the online survey also favors adding a long-term care benefit to Medicare, financed by a premium.
October 6, 2005 - Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program have been successful in meeting their overall goals, according to slightly more than half of participants in the latest Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, an online survey of widely recognized U.S. experts in health care practice and policy.