The Commonwealth Fund

The Biden administration said it would provide protections for transgender people against discrimination in health care, reversing a Trump administration policy.

Since 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have been allowed to offer an array of “primarily health-related” services, ranging from nutrition and wellness to in-home support services. Thomas Kornfield and colleagues discuss their new research on the availability of these expanded benefits.

Since 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have had flexibility to address unmet needs by targeting benefits and offering “primarily health-related” benefits.

Laura Shields-Zeeman and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, discuss lessons from efforts in other countries to generate social connections and reduce loneliness.

The Biden-Harris administration has an opportunity to mount an effective pandemic response and build its health care agenda. With so many interrelated crises looming, it is imperative that the administration develop a plan quickly and prioritize which steps to take immediately and which can be handled in the near future.

COVID-19 has exposed and intensified long-standing problems in our country, including deep cracks in the U.S. health system and racial and economic injustice As the Biden administration mounts its response to these interrelated crises, there is an opportunity and imperative to rethink the approach of federal leadership in creating a healthier America.

Writing in Harvard Business Review, David Blumenthal, M.D., comments on the recent decision by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase to close Haven.

As the year begins, we offer our predictions and prescriptions for health care in 2021. Many of these reflect recommendations made by the Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Payment and Delivery System Reform.