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Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most U.S. Households

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04/15/2014

... care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans , at every income level and in every geographic area, finds a new study published in The Milbank Quarterly. Linda Blumberg, Ph.D...

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Major Research Groups Are Given Low Marks on Disclosing Donors

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05/06/2014

... The conservative-leaning Hoover Institution, based in California, and the liberal Center for American Progress, based in Washington, are polar opposites in terms of political leanings. But...

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It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma

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06/09/2014

It’s Time to Face the Long-Term-Care Dilemma Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Dr. David Blumenthal, president ... To be sure, Medicaid provides a critical safety net for Americans who find themselves in...

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Tart, Goodwin Win Carnegie Writing Awards

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06/30/2014

... Tartt won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for her novel "The Goldfinch" and Goodwin won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction for "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore...

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The Roots of Today's Giving Pledge

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07/08/2014

... The Giving Pledge may be vogue today for many wealthy Americans , but as Forbes notes, the idea was first advanced ... other industrialists to give away their fortunes. In the "Gospel of Wealth,"...

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Bank of America Charitable Foundation Gives $500,000 to Anti-Poverty Effort

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07/17/2014

... Corps, an initiative to train volunteers to help poor Americans connect with programs they may not know about but ... foundation support will underwrite 20 fellows working in six cities over the next three...

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Rockefeller, Surdna Grantees Named "Champions of Change"

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07/22/2014

... no American working 40 hours a week should have to live in poverty. Saru Jayaraman is co-founder and co-director ...

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Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States?

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09/09/2014

Do Health Care Costs Fuel Economic Inequality in the United States? The growing debate over economic inequality in the developed world raises an interesting question that is ... From the perspective of the more...

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RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund

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10/29/2014

RPA Announces Ebola Survival Fund Working in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the fund is responding to the ... with funding that meets immediate needs and invests in long-term solutions. Wright has stated in...

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Century Foundation Releases New Report on Labor Market Recovery

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11/06/2014

... The unemployment rate is improving—at 5.9 percent in October, it is nearly back to its pre-recession norm. Yet ... and our belief that things are still pretty terrible? In a new report released today, TCF’s...

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Open Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU

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11/07/2014

... Society Foundations Announces $50 Million Gift to ACLU In addition to its significance for the ACLU, which is in the early stages of a fundraising campaign that will end ... and public education, with a goal...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Adults Skip Doctor Visits Due to Cost

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01/01/2015

... the USA, where employer plans cover 60% of working-age Americans , or about 150 million people. Coverage long ...

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OSF and Ford Praised by de Blasio for Internet Accessibility Work

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02/12/2015

... de Blasio spurred foundation leaders Wednesday to invest in projects and technology tools that protect and expand the ... of the Internet. "We know that you can fill in some of these gaps more effectively...

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Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids

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03/30/2015

Close That Gap: William T. Grant Foundation Zeroes in on Inequality and Kids Once in a while, research on an issue is so galvanizing that it ... of Robert Putnam’s Our Kids: The American Dream in...

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ASPCA Responds to Tyson's Move to Ban Antibiotic Use in Chickens

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04/29/2015

ASPCA Responds to Tyson's Move to Ban Antibiotic Use in Chickens Tyson Foods intends to stop using human antibiotics in its domestic chicken flocks by September 2017, the company ... poor genetics. “If animal...

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Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants?

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07/31/2015

Are Too Many Seniors Taking Antidepressants? Older Americans receive prescriptions for mental health medications ... drugs taken at once, when prescribing psychotropic drugs in this population, because so many...

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Century Foundation Explores the 'Double Burden' of Poverty

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08/12/2015

... Burden' of Poverty The poverty that poor African Americans experience is often different from the poverty of ... the schools, the grocery stores. A poor black family, in short, is much more likely than a...

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Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models

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08/14/2015

... including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans , young children, and elderly adults. “ released a ... “Primary Care Providers’ Views of Recent Trends in Health Care Delivery and Payment.” The...