The past year in U.S. health care was one of both progress and setbacks. Many Americans gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, but others lost it due to changes in Medicaid eligibility. As Medicare embarks on drug price negotiations for the first time, prices of many medications continued to soar. And despite spending the most on health care of any country, the U.S. continued to lag its peers on many measures of health.
In his new essay, Commonwealth Fund President Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., recalls these shifts as well as one constant: the Fund’s clear vision and its wide-ranging impact in areas like health equity, Black maternal mortality, affordability of health care, and access to behavioral health services.
“In many ways, 2023 was just the tip of the iceberg,” he writes, looking ahead to a critical election season. “We are already preparing for how we can best contribute to what undoubtedly will be another year of disruption and transformation in health care and health policy.”
