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Presidential Candidates Ignore Long-Term Care Issues (United Hospital Fund)

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02/10/2016

... and director of the United Hospital Fund’s Families and Health Care Project, which develops partnerships between the health care community and family caregivers. . . ...

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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

... Fallout to Repealing the ACA The initial National Health Interview Survey results published last month by the ... became law. Twenty million fewer Americans were uninsured in the first nine months of 2015 than...

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Funders Need Good Data to Evaluate Programs That Decriminalize Drug Addiction

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09/20/2016

... comments on the recent PNY Program, " Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s ... Vera’s work on bail reform and pretrial justice in New York City, with a focus on...

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Request for Letters of Inquiry – Liberty Fund at The New York Community Trust

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01/03/2017

... immediate issues affecting vulnerable New Yorkers in this moment of change. The Liberty Fund will support ... identity; Protecting the rights of immigrants; Increasing health insurance enrollment to ensure...

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Bloomberg's Kelly Henning on Working Together Around The World To Kick The Big Tobacco Habit

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01/06/2017

... it came to tobacco. Fewer than twenty developing countries in the world had even one strong tobacco control policy in place. The tobacco industry was beginning an aggressive ... advocates for tobacco control...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... negative economic impacts that would extend far beyond the health care industry. The report was released Thursday by the ... -- and that Congress won't put a replacement plan in place. If that happens, it...

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Century Foundation Fellow: Will Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients?

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01/25/2017

... Trump’s ACA Order Reduce Burden or Shift It to Patients? In an executive order signed on his first day in office, President Trump stated his support for a “prompt ... lower deductibles for Americans, or...

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Phil TV This Week March 24

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03/24/2017

... Foundations are Taking a Stand — or Not — on the GOP Health Plan Foundations are Finding Different Paths to ...

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NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Spreading OpenNotes in New York State

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04/24/2017

NYSHealth Funding Opportunity Now Open: Spreading OpenNotes in New York State The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) is pleased to launch a Request for Proposals (RFP) to support hospitals in...

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Policy Uncertainty over Affordable Care Act Means Less Time for Oversight of Premium Hikes, Commonwealth Fund Says

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05/23/2017

... administration has said it will ask for a 90-day delay in deciding whether to continue to fund the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies to defray health plan cost-sharing for low-income enrollees (known as ... for...

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Commonwealth Fund: What Might a Medicaid Work Requirement Mean?

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05/31/2017

... of its Medicaid policy proposals, including the idea in the just-released 2018 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget proposal, and as part ... it would incorporate the work requirement...

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Commonwealth Fund: Why and How to Avoid High-Risk Pools for Americans with Preexisting Conditions

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06/05/2017

... for Americans with Preexisting Conditions The American Health Care Act (AHCA)—the U.S. House of Representatives’ ... for people with preexisting conditions who have lapses in their coverage. In...

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CareConnect Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market

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08/28/2017

... Pulling Out Of New York Insurance Market CareConnect, the health insurance company started by Northwell Health , has ... it can be for new companies to compete with legacy players in the...

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Gates Report Stresses Need for Philanthropy Amid Aid Cuts

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09/13/2017

... today meant to underscore deep worries that the world is in danger of backsliding on a broad range of ... goals, a set of 17 targets to improve health , the economy, the environment, and human rights ... The...

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Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York

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09/15/2017

Albany, Glens Falls among Regions Adding Jobs in New York The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York, metro area added 400 private-sector jobs in August, up 0.1 percent from August 2016. In the Glens...

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As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

... Grows Harder Asking overweight strangers about their health and eating habits is always going to be tricky for a reporter, but in some contexts it’s easier than others — say, at a ... Gomes da Silva, who sells...

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Bloomberg and Gates Back A $225 Million Effort to Save 100 Million Lives Over Five Years

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09/26/2017

... and stroke are the number one cause of death worldwide. In 2015 alone, nearly 18 million people died from CVDs which ... worldwide, with 80 percent of those deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries...

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MetLife Foundation Creates Partnership to Innovate Financial Services for Real People

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11/28/2017

... years, they have examined the behavioral barriers standing in the way of financial health for low-income people in two pilot markets, Mexico and Chile, and designed ...

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The Commonwealth Fund Supports Tool to Encourage Patient Contribution to Clinical Notes

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12/08/2017

... clinical notes and care plans within a shared electronic health record. Encouraging patients to help write and add ... with their doctors, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine...

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