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Commonwealth Fund Publishes 2022 State Health System Performance Scorecard
On June 16, 2022, the Commonwealth Fund published its report, 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance. The Scorecard assesses various health care measures in 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state-by-state report covers access to care, quality of care, health care costs, health outcomes, and income-based disparities, among others. In 2022, it also measured the performance of states’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some of the key highlights include:
- States that entered the COVID-19 pandemic with stronger health systems had lower rates of preventable deaths and healthier populations;
- COVID-19 impacted every state health care system in key areas of performance including: vaccination rates; hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) capacity; and “excess mortality” or death rates that exceed historical norms; and
- In 2020, the uninsured rates in the U.S. were steady overall mainly due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and federal relief bills despite the economic shocks created by the pandemic. However, states that have not expanded Medicaid reported the highest uninsured rates.
In addition, the Commonwealth Fund presented various policy changes to help strengthen states’ health insurance coverage and care delivery systems to withstand future health emergencies.
The report is available here.