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Insurers to Comply With Rules on Children
By Robert Pear. WASHINGTON — Under pressure from the White House, health insurance companies said Tuesday that they would comply with rules to be issued soon by the Obama administration requiring them to cover children with pre-existing medical problems. “Health plans recognize the significant hardship…
Author: The New York Times
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Obama To Pick Berwick For Chief Of Medicare
By Julie Rovner. President Obama will nominate health quality guru Dr. Donald Berwick, the head of the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to run Medicare and Medicaid, administration sources confirm. It’s been a long time coming. The powerful agency has been without a permanent administrator…
Author: NPR
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A Big Bet on Advocacy Helps to Make History on Health Care
“Health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.” I can’t tell you what a thrill it was to hear President Obama speak those words, a few hours ago, after signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The right way to mend immigration
Our immigration system is badly broken. Although our borders have become far more secure in recent years, too many people seeking illegal entry get through. We have no way to track whether the millions who enter the United States on valid visas each year leave…
Author: The Washington Post
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HHS Announces $27 Million from Recovery Act to Help Older Americans Fight Chronic Disease
National Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. Atlantic has supported the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for more than 3 years. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of $27 million to help older individuals with chronic conditions to improve their health and reduce…
Author: Administration on Aging (AoA)
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'Giving while living' alters inheritances
AARP and the Foundation Center are Atlantic grantees. By Mindy Fetterman You used to have to wait for a loved one to die before you found out how much you were going to inherit — if you were going to inherit at all. No more.…
Author: USA Today
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For Elderly in Rural Areas, Times Are Distinctly Harder
By Kirk Johnson. Lingle, Wyo. — Norma Clark, 80, slipped on the ice out by the horse corral one afternoon and broke her hip in four places. Alone, it took her three hours to drag herself the 40 yards back to the house through snow…
Author: New York Times
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Cover: The 25 Best Givers
With money tight, top philanthropists insist on more bang for the buck. Meet the 25 most effective givers. The KIPP Foundation is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne McGee. THE NAME OF THE GAME IN PHILANTHROPY this year is to make your dollars go far —…
Author: Barron's
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Advocacy Group Challenges Major Medicare Coverage Barrier
The Center for Medicare Advocacy is launching a new initiative to eliminate the Medicare “Improvement Standard,” which requires that Medicare beneficiaries be able to improve in order to qualify for coverage. For decades Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those with long-term, debilitating conditions and those who need…
Author: Elder Law Answers
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$10-Million Obama Proposal Hopes to Export Success of Harlem Program
Harlem Children’s Zone is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne Perry. Harlem Children’s Zone is one of the most lauded — and emulated — charities in the country. Nonprofit groups and government agencies regularly send emissaries to Harlem to study the organization’s acclaimed poverty-fighting strategy, which…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy