Commonwealth Fund State Scorecard Shows Pre-COVID Challenges

Experts at the Commonwealth Fund who analyzed data for the group’s annual state scorecard say the results show the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed existing weaknesses in the health care system, including eroding coverage, persistent high costs and preventable deaths, that state and federal governments must partner to fix. The 2020 Scorecard on State Health System Performance released last Friday (Sept. 11) grades health systems based on 49 indicators across four categories -- access and affordability, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital...