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 13, 2008 - A 2008 survey of chronically ill adults in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States found major differences in health care access, safety, and efficiency, with U.S. patients at particularly high risk of forgoing care because of costs and experiencing errors or inefficient, poorly organized care.
August 7, 2008 - Eight of 10 respondents to this public views survey agreed that the health system needs either fundamental change or complete rebuilding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
May 13, 2005 - Rewarding more efficient and high-quality providers ranked first among effective ways to cut health care costs, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey, an online survey of widely recognized U.S. experts in health care practice and policy.