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.
August 20, 2008 - The proportion of working-age Americans who have medical bill problems or who are paying off medical debt climbed from 34 percent to 41 percent between 2005 and 2007, bringing the total to 72 million, according to the 2007 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
March 18, 2008 - Enrollment in consumer-driven and high-deductible plans still makes up a very small segment of the overall insurance market, according to the third EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey.
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.
December 7, 2006 - Consumer-driven health plans are not catching on, according to the second consumerism survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and The Commonwealth Fund.
August 17, 2006 - Three-quarters of all U.S. adults think that the health care system needs fundamental change or complete rebuilding. This Fund survey of U.S. adults found strong support for efforts to improve care coordination and access to information, as well as expanded use of information technology.
April 26, 2006 - While America's uninsured crisis disproportionately affects lower-income working families, a new Fund survey finds moderate-income Americans are increasingly going without health coverage as well.
December 8, 2005 - The first national survey of its kind found that individuals with more comprehensive health insurance were more satisfied with their health plan than individuals in high deductible plans, with or without accounts.
June 24, 2005 - The Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults, conducted from September to November of 2004, presents new information on the health and financial security of adults ages 50 to 70. The survey finds widespread support among older adults for policies that would help them save for their future health and long-term care costs not covered by Medicare, as well as broad support for policies that would allow them to buy into Medicare before age 65.
February 24, 2005 - The Fund's latest online survey of health care experts finds much agreement about how to help small employers and the self-employed join together to buy health benefits and share the advantages of large group purchasing. Most respondents favor options similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, is designed to provide an ongoing measure of expert views of key policy issues. March 8, 2005
December 28, 2004 - The first in a new Fund series of online surveys of health care experts finds broad consensus that covering the uninsured and improving quality and safety of care should be Congress' top two health care priorities over the next five years. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, is designed to provide an ongoing measure of expert views of health policy priorities and options for addresing key issues.
August 6, 2004 - This survey assessed insurance status, medical debt, the importance of health care as an election issue, policy options for paying for care and covering the uninsured, and more.
March 30, 2004 - This survey found that rising health insurance premiums have caused many employers to shift more of the cost of coverage to their employees. It also found widespread support for reforms to strengthen the job-based health insurance system.
August 8, 2002 - This survey was designed to assess a number of issues related to employer-sponsored coverage, including trends in premiums, deductibles, level of benefits, and overall health costs.
December 1, 2001 - This survey assessed the degree to which working-age adults had been uninsured for at least some period of time during the past year and how their insurance status was related to such issues as accessing health care or paying medical bills.