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Presidential Candidates Ignore Long-Term Care Issues (United Hospital Fund)

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02/10/2016

... and voter anger are grabbing the headlines – there’ s at least one familiar political pattern: nary a mention of ... or the next administration,” says Carol Levine, a national advocate for the 40 million...

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Aging

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WSJ Op-ed by Commonwealth Fund President Notes Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA

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03/08/2016

... Potential Fallout to Repealing the ACA The initial National Health Interview Survey results published last month ...

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Carnegie: Nuclear Material Isn’t Secure Enough

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03/24/2016

... failures revealed by Sister Megan Rice at the Y-12 National Security Complex were legion, rooted in complacency ...

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Funded by Research to Prevent Blindness, USC Study Predicts Visual Impairment Will Double by 2050

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05/19/2016

... Eye Institute in JAMA Ophthalmology found that the U. S . prevalence in visual impairment (VI) and blindness is ... increase impacting both individuals and society. The National Eye Institute (NEI)-funded study...

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

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05/26/2016

... the Best and Worst Job in Medicine? About one-third of U. S . and U.K. primary care physicians are dissatisfied with ... primary care doctors face, Harvard Medical School' s Gordon Moore, M.D., interviewed...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

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06/17/2016

... Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’ s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight ... of Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the nation’ s most outspoken champions of those schools. The...

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Casey Family Programs Contributes to Initiative in Three Cities to Beat Youth Homelessness This Year

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08/11/2016

... before the start of another school year. According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, one in every 30 children in the U. S . does not have a home to sleep in regularly or is living in a temporary...

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Housing and Homelessness

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City Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Companies to Offer Retirement Plans

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10/07/2016

... companies that don't provide traditional pensions, 401(k) s or access to individual retirement accounts. At least 1.5 million of these workers are in the nation’ s largest city, according to research by...

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Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC's Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research Council

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11/11/2016

Helmsley-backed DATA2GO.NYC' s Veterans Data Highlighted by Social Science Research ... America program today released new data on New York City’ s veterans, revealing that they suffer higher unemployment...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... by the Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University' s Milken Institute School of Public Health. It assumes .....

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Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... of President Donald Trump, a new fund backed by two national donor networks has launched to fill the gap. Called ... Inauguration Day to award to various groups during Trump' s first 100 days in office...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Research to Prevent Blindness Supports Study Finding 1 In 4 ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies

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02/15/2017

... to help those patients get the right level of care. The national study, led by University of Michigan researchers, ...

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

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03/16/2017

... improvements than those that did not, according to a national ranking released Thursday. Researchers at the ... to rank 22nd this year overall in the organization' s 2017 Scorecard on State Health System...

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Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems

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04/27/2017

Commonwealth Fund’ s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid ... Fund report. Medicaid is currently the nation’ s largest health insurer, covering more than 70 million ... and 40 percent of the...

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Bloomberg Launches Worldwide Urban Public Health Initiative

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05/18/2017

... globally each year. Because the majority of the world’ s population lives in urban settings, mayors of big cities ...

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Bloomberg Backed “Global Street Design Guide” Now Available Free Online

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05/22/2017

... the Global Designing Cities Initiative, a project of the National Association of City Transportation Officials, which ...

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Bloomberg-Supported Coal Documentary, “From the Ashes,” to Air June 25

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06/20/2017

... used to be, there was fish in there,” he says. Now it’ s one of 20 nearby springs that have dried up. Standing in ... Bloomberg and his philanthropy division. It airs on the National Geographic Channel on...

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Tisch Fund, NY Community Trust, Bloomberg & United Way of NYC Leaders Named Among the Most Powerful Women of 2017

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06/26/2017

... influence? To arrive at our biennial ranking of the city’ s most powerful businesswomen, we chose a more nuanced ... measuring just Twitter followers or net worth, Crain’ s focused on the mix of hard and soft...

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Grant Supported Research: Self-Affirmation Intervention with Existing Institutional Channels Leads To Academic Success for Minority Students

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06/28/2017

... study, which recently appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that after completing the ... to advanced courses,” said J. Parker Goyer, the study’ s lead author and post-doctoral...

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