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Commonwealth Fund Issues Brief on the Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access

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05/08/2017

... access to employment-based insurance. Since the ACA’ s first open enrollment period in the fall of 2013, the ...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

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05/12/2017

To inform discussion of possible changes to Medicare, this issue brief looks at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by income and health status.

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United Hospital Fund Report Examines Ramifications of Eligible Adults Refusing Prescribed Home Health Care

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08/24/2017

The report includes a fear of losing control and privacy, concerns about finances, and the belief that family caregivers alone were both skilled and had time enough to do the job as reasons for folks refusing home care.

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Commonwealth Fund: How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Women Gain Insurance and Improved Their Ability to Get Health Care

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08/31/2017

Prior to the Affordable Care Act, one-third of women who tried to buy a health plan on their own were either turned down, charged a higher premium because of their health, or had specific health problems excluded from their plans. Beginning in 2010...

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Zuckerberg May Sell Up to $12.8 Billion in Facebook Stock to Fund Work in Education, Science, and Advocacy

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09/25/2017

... would have allowed him to cash out some of the couple’ s holdings without weakening Mr. Zuckerberg’ s control. The proposal faced legal challenges. . . ...

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Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Digital Archive Hosts 3,000 Years of Roman History, At The Click Of A Mouse

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10/18/2017

... Rodolfo Lanciani collected an enormous archive of Rome’ s history—meticulously documenting the excavations of the city’ s 3,000 years of continuous settlement. Today, Lanciani’ s archive is...

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The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Funded Study Shows Museum Field Trips Impact Learning

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09/28/2018

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation support a study that shows that facilitated classroom visits to an art museum have a measurable impact on key aspects of student learning.

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CollegePoint, An Initiative Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Makes A Hard Decision Less Lonely

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08/15/2018

... someone who can help, a mentor or adviser, virtually. That' s the idea behind CollegePoint , an initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Here' s how it works: When a high school student with a...

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12 Oct 2023

Funding Low-Attention Disasters: From Preparedness to Long-term Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP

Thursday, October 12, 2023 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

... to PNY members. Disasters are increasing. But it’ s not just big-name disasters that are more frequent. The ... Philanthropies Cari Cullen (Moderator), Director, CDP' s Midwest Early Recovery Fund Who...

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08 Jul 2024

Fearless Fund Next Steps: PSOs, Advocacy & Action - A Virtual Meeting Hosted by United Philanthropy Forum and ABFE

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2:00pm to 3:00pm

... With the ongoing legal challenge to the Fearless Fund’ s grantmaking supporting women entrepreneurs of color, United ... racial equity and justice work. In the wake of last year’ s Supreme Court decision...

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Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis

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11/21/2017

... journalism.” “It is so appropriate that our school’ s first endowed chair carries the name Leonard Tow, in ...

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Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser

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02/21/2018

... the laser if a person tries to move in the charging beam’ s path... Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads ...

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Funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches Chicago Music Pathway Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians

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10/25/2018

Funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Launches Chicago ... the next generation of musicians. Ultimately, CMPI’ s goal is to prepare these musicians to excel at the nation’ s finest music...

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$4 Million From Ford, Mellon, and Alice Walton Fund Goes to Promote Diversity on Museum Boards

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01/15/2019

... boards has barely budged, says Laura Lott, the alliance’ s chief executive. She says that’ s a real problem. "The tone of an institution, the priorities .....

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Research Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Shows Glimpse of How Moisture and Humidity Affect Mold Growth

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06/10/2019

... conditions. Stephens also collaborated with Dan Zhao (M. S . EE '14, Ph.D. candidate), who was responsible for leading the laboratory tests. The team' s research provides insights into how microbes...

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Elon University Joins Multi-campus Collaborative Initiative Funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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06/20/2019

... associate professor of philosophy, will lead Elon’ s efforts for the initiative and Mary Morrison, director of ...

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Research Funded by Russell Sage Foundation Shows Great Recession Still Plagues Workers With Lower Lifetime Wages

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03/13/2018

... stretch long beyond the time of unemployment. Yet it’ s hard to know exactly what causes these lower lifetime ... professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton’ s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and...

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