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A Big Bet on Advocacy Helps to Make History on Health Care
“Health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.” I can’t tell you what a thrill it was to hear President Obama speak those words, a few hours ago, after signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Long-term care threatens to sap seniors' savings
AARP is an Atlantic grantee. by Bob Moos Kay Paggi has been the bearer of bad news more times than she cares to remember. The senior-care coordinator has helped hundreds of Dallas families find long-term care for frail parents. Almost always, they think Medicare will…
Author: The Dallas Morning News
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The Impact of Medicaid and SCHIP on Low-Income Children's Health
Full Report This brief was prepared by Caryn Marks, Cathy Hoffman and Julia Paradise of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID AND SCHIP ON LOW-INCOME CHILDREN’S HEALTH Today, one-quarter of children in the U.S.…
Author: Kaiser Commission for Medicaid and the Uninsured
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Implementing the New Health Care Law and What it Means for Children
Although the benefits from the newly signed health care bill won’t be available until 2014, implementation efforts are already underway. To better understand how the new law will be implemented and what it means for children, GCYF partnered with First Focus to host a webinar to…
Author: Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
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Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund
Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund Supporting Better Care for People with Complex Needs in Low-Income Communities Financing For Providers Developing Better Care Models and Quality Frontline Healthcare Jobs New York, NY — Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap), a social impact lender, today announced a…
Author: Vital Healthcare Capital
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Asia's economic transformation puts region's health at risk, warns leading academic
Despite extraordinary progress which has lifted 600 million people out of poverty in Asia since 1990, the basic right to health is under threat and the future looks more uncertain, says University of New South Wales professor of Health and Human Rights, Daniel Tarantola. “The…
Author: Intellasia interactive
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N.J. and feds tangle in court over kids' health care rules
by ROBERT SCHWANEBERG A U.S. District Court judge heard arguments yesterday on whether a federal agency acted unlawfully when it told New Jersey to restrict its program for providing health insurance to children in lower-income families. If enforced, the so-called “August 17 directive” – outlined…
Author: The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)
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Cuba's Health Care System Receiving Renewed Attention
Research and Education Facilities on the Isle of Youth in Cuba. Photo: Magnum Foundation For over a decade, Atlantic has invested in Cuba’s approach to health care: universal, accessible, patient-centered and anchored in primary-care prevention. Despite scarcities and the effects of the U.S. embargo, Cuba…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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New Website on Palliative Care
By Deborah Condon The Palliative Hub website provides information about palliative care throughout Ireland. A new website, which aims to provide information about palliative care throughout Ireland, has been launched. The site has been launched to coincide with Palliative Care Week 2015, which runs until…
Author: Irish Health
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Connecting Children and Families to Health Insurance: Why Are Cities Involved?
By Chuan Teng With all of the attention on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some people may not know that millions of children and families are currently eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Although there are provisions in the…
Author: CitiesSpeak