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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

... highest level since 2007. Critics of Obamacare say this new insurance isn’t worth much. Its deductibles and co-pays ... out on needed care because of cost, and that last year more Americans had a usual source...

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Sloan partners with NASA to Study Microbes from ISS

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09/23/2016

... the space station including the air. Based on NASA's data, more than 200 astronauts had already crossed the "threshold" ... is launched. The microbes are now the focus of a brand new research...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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SmartCEO Honors Weinberg Foundation President, Rachel Garbow Monroe, as CEO of the Year

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12/16/2016

... who are true leaders among their peers… They lead more than just companies; they are true stewards of the region, lead industries in new directions, and possess the highest qualities of a ...

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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

... ER Visits for Eye Problems Aren’t Actually Emergencies A new study finds that nearly one in four people who seek ... that don’t ever need emergency treatment, and cost much more to treat in an emergency...

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Research to Prevent Blindness

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Backed by Henry Luce and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, Report Shows Need for U.S. to Invest in Language Learning to Remain Competitive

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02/28/2017

... English: cognitive benefits, important habits of mind, and new and valuable perspectives on the world." While more than 65 million U.S. residents speak a language other .....

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The Henry Luce Foundation

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Aetna Foundation Looks Beyond the Doctor's Office in a Quest for Better Health

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03/17/2017

... in a Quest for Better Health Aetna recently announced a new RFP for the latest cycle of its Cultivating Healthy ... Thirteen percent of households facing food insecurity, more than 23 million Americans living...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awards $100,000 to Harn Museum of Art

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04/20/2017

... changes on our planet. The exhibition includes works by more than 50 contemporary international artists who challenge ... artists counter with resistance and imagination, seeking new ways of seeing, thinking...

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The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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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

... in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report. Medicaid is currently the nation’s largest health insurer, covering more than 70 million people, about 12 million of...

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Collaboration with Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Highlights the Art of Wallpaper

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07/11/2017

... inspiration. Some papers, such as Flowers, Elvi and the new Ali, have a distinctly Warhol feel. Others, such as Crowd (Where’s Warhol), are more suggestive. I have used Crowd a couple of times in ...

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Bloomberg-funded WHO Report: Dramatic Increase in Life-Saving Tobacco Control Policies In Last Decade

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07/20/2017

... on the global tobacco epidemic published today finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ... life- and cost-saving interventions, according to the new WHO report on the global...

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Group Moves Toward Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact

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08/14/2017

... Metrics to Ensure Impact Investments Really Have Impact As more investors seek to use their capital as a tool for social ... Investing Alliance recently announced the creation of two new advisory councils...

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Simons Foundation's Flatiron Institute Joins IBM and Others including Citizens in the Microbiome Immunity Project

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08/23/2017

... to affect health. The Microbiome Immunity Project is a new , IBM-facilitated (NYSE: IBM) citizen science project by ... With better understanding, scientists might be able to more easily prevent and treat these...

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Unaccountable Nonprofits? This Study Finds against the Myth

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08/25/2017

... of us who know something about nonprofits anything at all new is this gem: Nonprofit executives are often fired when ... over a three-year period, the organization was 50 percent more likely to part ways with...

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How to Succeed on a Nonprofit Board

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08/28/2017

... they had done so innumerable times in the past. But as a new federal administration took over, it became clear the ... with successful businesspeople—should have been more on top of things. In particular, he...

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Democratic Group Plans Attacks on G.O.P. Efforts to Undermine Obama Health Care Law

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09/05/2017

... a group called Protect Our Care said it intends to spend more than $1 million on digital ads in states across the ... the Affordable Care Act. The group will soon launch a new website that will be highly...

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NYS Health Foundation Unveils Health Care Cost Transparency Website

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09/12/2017

... With out-of-pocket costs on the rise, more people are shopping around for affordable, high-quality ... health care cost transparency website, will empower New Yorkers from across the State to plan for and...

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New York Health Foundation

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Wellcome Trust and the Simons Foundation Fund Researchers Uniting to Create International Brain Lab

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09/19/2017

... way that physicists team up in mega-projects to hunt for new particles. The International Brain Lab (IBL), launched ... Simons Foundation in Washington DC have together committed more than US$13 million over...

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Science

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A Think Tank To Benefit Farm Animals

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09/27/2017

... all these policies, and what, if any, are the benefits? A new nonprofit organization called The Greenfield Project aims ... to consumers, all with the goal of cultivating “a more joyful and resilient food...

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... Labs outside Pittsburgh and Odessa, Texas, and six other more -urban locations have given 12,000 students the ... hands-on STEM-styled experiments, encouraging them to try new things — and try them over and...

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