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Here's What's In Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill

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09/14/2017

... Bernie Sanders' 'Medicare For All' Bill The Capitol Hill health care fight sure seemed dead. After Republican proposals to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, ... Sen...

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NYC Schools Are Inadequate on Sex Education, Stringer Says

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09/15/2017

... and high schools in the city do not have a licensed health education teacher – with most of them being middle ... schools. Also, in middle and high schools, 97 percent of health instructors are not licensed,...

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United Hospital Fund Report on CHIP Finds Sharp Increase in NYS Enrollment

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09/29/2017

... issue—it reports that enrollment in the state’s Child Health Plus program, primarily funded by CHIP, jumped by 17 ... July 2016 and July 2017 after four years of declines. to a total almost 350,000 children...

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How To Grow and Activate Your Audience On YouTube

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03/12/2014

by Brett Davidson Project Director, Health Media Initiative, Open Society Foundations Online ... as a communications medium, and video is predicted to make up the vast majority of internet traffic in the next .....

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Proteus Fund Serves as Fiscal Sponsor for LGBT Nonprofits and Initiatives

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01/26/2017

... fund backed by two national donor networks has launched to fill the gap. Called the Emergent Fund, the pot of grant ... with a goal of raising $500,000 by Inauguration Day to award to various...

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Proteus Fund (NYC Office)

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Gender Justice

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Design Is Key to Expanding the 21st Century Neighborhood Library

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12/13/2016

Design Is Key to Expanding the 21st Century Neighborhood Library By Julie Sandorf, president, Charles H. Revson Foundation Andrew Carnegie, whose magnificent mansion is now ... across the city. With funding from...

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HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs

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05/16/2017

HSBC Gives $1.5M to Scale Up Horizons Learning Programs HSBC today announced a charitable grant of $1.5 million to help bring Horizons multi-year learning programs to new ... full potential,”...

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The Will and The Way: Philanthropy's Grantmaking Defaults Must Change

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02/05/2020

... funders serious about doing their “fair share” need to pay more or loosen their restrictions. These are important ... the indirect costs, with a corresponding increase in the foundation annual spending rate (...

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Creating A Positive Workplace Culture - A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

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08/28/2017

... toll on our overall well-being. We spend more time working than we do anything else. It is becoming more important now to pay attention to how we treat each other whether at work, home or at...

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The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

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06/01/2013

The Commonwealth Fund’s recent report on health care spending in 13 industrialized nations helps demonstrate that the U.S. spends more on health care than any other country. (Fund President Dr. David ... on Long...

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The Today Show Discusses Long-Term Care with United Hospital Fund's Carol Levine

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12/11/2014

... facility. At least 70 percent of us are going to need some form of long-term care. And 80 percent of ... caregivers navigate the confusing long-term care and health care system, especially through transitions...

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Red States Have the Most to Lose from Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling

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03/12/2015

... the most if the Supreme Court strikes down subsidies to people buying insurance on the federal exchange. ... the states would lose millions. Red States Have the Most to Lose from Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling...

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United Hospital Fund Explores the Struggles of Family Caregiving

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07/31/2015

... loved ones need many types of assistance that are hard to get from one provider, and because of a lack of affordable ... said Carol Levine, director of the families and health care project at the United...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

... Older Americans receive prescriptions for mental health medications at more than twice the rate that younger ... seniors weren’t receiving attention for mental health issues—may now need to...

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Nonprofit Insurers Lose on Medicare Under New Obamacare Rules

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08/20/2015

... gone right with Obamacare. The rollout of the state-run health insurance exchange went relatively smoothly and ... wrinkles here. One is that the Affordable Care Act seems to be having a negative impact on the...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

... Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S. Faced with physician shortages, long wait times for patients, and high costs, health systems around the world are increasingly...

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Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of Effectiveness

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02/22/2016

Bloomberg-Funded Study: Industry Initiatives to Prevent Drinking & Driving Lack Scientific Evidence of ... been studied, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. Reporting Feb. 18...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds Only a Third of These Obamacare Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014

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07/20/2016

... Insurers Made Money on Their Plans in 2014 It was hard to make money selling Obamacare health insurance in the first year. Next year might not be ... Obamacare plans, as well inaccurate guesses about the...

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Milbank Memorial Fund's Koller Comments on Consequences of Dumping Essential Benefits

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03/24/2017

... Benefits A last-minute attempt by conservative Republicans to dump standards for health benefits in plans sold to individuals would probably lower the average consumer’s ...

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