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Celebrating Financial Reform in the U.S. – An Advance for Social Justice
Vivien Labaton, Director of Strategic Programme Initiatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies, reflects on the recent passage of financial reform in the United States and the activities of Atlantic grantees to help bring it about. The recent passage of the financial reform law—the Dodd-Frank Wall…
Author: Vivien Labaton
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Report Details Presidential Nominees' Divergent Approaches to Healthcare Reform
The healthcare reform proposals of presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama differ in how many people would be covered and their potential impact on the uninsured, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund finds. The report, The 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Health Reform Proposals: Choices…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Trying to Save by Increasing Doctors' Fees
Original Source By MILT FREUDENHEIM Cutting health costs by paying doctors more? That is the premise of experiments under way by federal and state government agencies and many insurers around the country. The idea is that by paying family physicians, internists and pediatricians to devote…
Author: The New York Times
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Number of Uninsured Children Drops to Lowest Level Since 1987
Outlook Bleaker for Parents and Other Adults 10 Sep 2009 The Center for Children and Families is an Atlantic grantee. Statement by Jocelyn Guyer, Co-Director Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute “The new Census report shows that the number of…
Author: Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute
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Campaign Launched to Eliminate Gender Inequities in Health Coverage
The National Women’s Law Center and PHI are Atlantic grantees. The National Women’s Law Center has kicked off a campaign to educate women about gender inequities in health care coverage. “Being a Woman is Not a Pre-Existing Condition” was launched on October 20 to mobilize…
Author: PHI Blog
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More Than Half of American Families Skimped on Medical Care in Past Year, Survey Finds
Original Source As economic conditions continue to worsen, the public is increasingly worried about the affordability and availability of care, so much so that more than half of American families postponed or skipped treatments due to cost in the past year, a new Kaiser Family…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Taking care of our elderly is a priority
by Paul Mulholland The Irish Geronto-logical Society re-cently held its Annual Scientific Meeting highlighting new developments in research into ageing in Ireland. President of the Society, Prof Des O’Neill hailed the range and quality of the research presented, which included a study on the use…
Author: Irish Medical News
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TAC Statement on new cabinet appointments and resources for health
The Treatment Action Campaign is an Atlantic grantee. TAC E-Newsletter The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) welcomes the appointment of Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi as the Minister of Health, and the re-appointment of Dr. Molefi Sefularo as the Deputy Minister of Health. Both the Health Minister and…
Author: Treatment Action Campaign
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Obama Says He Is Open to Altering Health Plan
Original Source By ROBERT PEAR and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed Thursday to end a decades-long stalemate on overhauling the health care system, and he indicated for the first time that he was open to compromise on details of the proposal he…
Author: The New York Times
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With Open Enrollment on Horizon, Young People Key to Obamacare's Success
The Obama administration hopes to attract more than 2.5 million young, healthy people to enroll through the health insurance exchanges that open on Oct. 1. Photo courtesy of Flickr User will1ill/Alex Wong Getty Images Aside from House Republicans’ 40th attempt last week to repeal or…
Author: PBS NewsHour