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Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills

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11/21/2014

Commonwealth Fund Research Shows Elderly in U.S. Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills The Commonwealth Fund surveyed older adults in 11 nations and found that the U.S. leads the pack in the .....

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NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning

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01/12/2015

NYTimes Editorial Focuses on Importance of 'Grit' in Learning Self-control, curiosity, “grit” — these ... than intelligence when it comes to students’ success in school. But critics worry that the...

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Education

HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America

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05/05/2015

HuffPost OpEd Laments the Lack of Upward Mobility in America For all the frantic, often chaotic political ... involving taxes, gun rights, religious liberty and foreign policy , Americans may well be overlooking an...

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Economic Security

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The Century Foundation

JPMorgan Chase Launches Global Think Tank Dedicated to Delivering Data-Rich Analyses and Expert Insights for the Public Good

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05/21/2015

... data from JPMorgan Chase to provide one of the most in -depth views into how Americans’ income and spending ... Council and Deputy Assistant to the President on Economic Policy from 2009-2011.... JPMorgan Chase...

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Community Development

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Bloomberg and CDC Foundation Explore Tobacco Use Covering 60 Percent of World's Population

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06/01/2015

... use represents the leading cause of death and disease in the world. Today, approximately 1.3 billion people use ... tobacco use epidemic. To inform tobacco use research and policy formulation, the CDC...

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Terry Fulmer Takes the Helm as President of the John A. Hartford Foundation

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06/11/2015

... EdD, who led the Foundation from 1997 until her retirement in 2015. Dr. Fulmer served most recently as a University ... Bouvé College of Health Sciences, and Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs...

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Are Student Debt Forgiveness Scams The Next Mortgage Meltdown?

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09/22/2015

... are paid by the federal government. Sam Adler-Bell, a policy associate for The Century Foundation, who focuses on ... with one company, Student Debt Relief, and how it operates in a regulatory grey area. Mary...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Education

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Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs

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10/14/2015

Hartford and Atlantic Funded Study Finds Four in Ten Older Adults Have Trouble Managing Health Needs Nearly four in 10 older adults say that managing their health care needs ... PhD, an associate professor...

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The John A. Hartford Foundation

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Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

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12/01/2015

... time and again, that the vast majority of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age, and, if possible, to ... goal requires that we design and provide good care in our hospitals and clinics, and...

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

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01/13/2016

... Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, are published online ahead of print in the journal Ophthalmology. . . Largest-Ever Study of ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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DNAinfo Highlights Senior Profiles Supported by New York Community Trust

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02/04/2016

... soda and wheeling around on a motorized tricycle covered in roosters and adorned with a banner hailing his Puerto ... Block and Ruth Finkelstein, an anthropologist and health policy expert. The project, which...

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The New York Community Trust

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Century Foundation Report Recommends Universal Child Allowance

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03/17/2016

... Universal Child Allowance The child poverty rate in the United States is stubbornly high, with more than 12 ... children—16.5 percent of all children—currently living in poverty. But according to new research...

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NYSHealth Foundation Releases New Survey Results for How People Find and Use Health Care Price Information

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04/07/2017

... and state-specific, including New York State . In recent years, insurers, state governments, employers, and ... more easily available to individuals and families. In this changing landscape, how do Americans...

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