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Palliative and hospice care provide enormous comfort to those near the end of their lives, can make life better for the chronically ill and eases burdens on families and caregivers. But the painful reality is that this care is not nearly as available as it should…

Over the years, Atlantic underwrote research in Australia, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States and Viet Nam designed to develop biomedical breakthroughs aimed at saving lives. In addition to support for research taking place in individual countries, Atlantic's investments also made it possible for researchers across…

Chuck Feeney founded Atlantic in 1982. After investing $8 billion to advance opportunity and promote equity and dignity, we made our final big bet grants in 2016 and closed in 2020. See what we did and learned in eight regions across the world—and discover the…

The public relations spin doctors for the U.S. health insurance industry, who are probably busy at work concocting the script for a TV commercial or Internet ad to sink comprehensive health care reform in 2009, ought to think again. You may remember the fictitious couple,…

We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…

PHI is an Atlantic grantee.  An $8.5 million federal grant to the state of Maine will expand health coverage to Maine's direct-care workers. The grant, which was announced on September 3 by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, will also cover seasonal workers,…

Address Urgent Health Care Needs of Growing Elderly Population For Immediate Release For Further Information: Mary Anne Shannon (212) 308-1414 x301 New York, NY - The American Geriatrics Society, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging…

Children and young people in foster, residential and other types of care in Northern Ireland expressed their feelings about the best and the worst of their experiences in a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by VOYPIC. In 2011, the organisation launched a computer-based survey to collect the…

Washington, DC- July 8, 2008Today in Washington, DC and 52 cities across the country, including 38 state capitals, a new national campaign is bringing together millions of Americans to demand quality, affordable health care for all. Health Care for America Now (HCAN) is being launched…

By Gara LaMarche.  In March, I was honored to watch President Obama's bill signing for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with a group of labor leaders and reform activists. Around me were advocates who had worked for months -- in some cases decades…