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By Michael Booth It came sometime after the “You lie!” outburst and the false claims of “death panels,” but before two potentially fatal US Supreme Court decisions and sixty-seven consecutive votes to repeal in the US House of Representatives. In hindsight, President Obama’s signing of…

By Naomi Rothwell The dramatic story of the recent American health care reform movement – and how foundations had a hand in changing history – has not been widely told. Starting in 2008, Atlantic Philanthropies and others helped fund an extraordinary campaign to push for…

On July 15, 2008, Gara LaMarche, President of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and The Atlantic Philanthropies received the Raul Yzaguirre President's Award from the National Council of La Raza. Below is the press release. NCLR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO TO FEATURE PROMINENT SPEAKERS AND CURRENT…

By Ben Kerman, Head of Strategic Learning and Evaluation Each year in the first full week of April, we celebrate National Public Health Week, a week dedicated to improving the health of the country and protecting the well-being of our children and future generations. As…

By Sheila Hoag, Senior Researcher, and Debra Lipson, Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research Traditionally, state and local Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) staff have conducted outreach to uninsured children eligible to help enroll them into these public coverage options. Advocates have also organized public education…

By Jennifer Ng’andu, Deputy Director, Health Policy, National Council of La RazaIt's probably the hottest seat in Washington, D.C. -- and you can't buy tickets to it. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care…

By Richard Kirsch.  One year after the Tea Party insurgency disrupted Democratic Congressional town hall meetings, it’s worth asking how healthcare reform survived. By the beginning of 2010, Scott Brown had taken Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, reform proponents had lost the national narrative and voters…

The healthcare reform proposals of presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama differ in how many people would be covered and their potential impact on the uninsured, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund finds. The report, The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals: Choices…

Karen Duderstadt with students at James Madison Middle School (photo by Elisabeth Fall) By Martha RossTwo eighth-graders come running into the health clinic at James Madison Middle School in East Oakland. The boys have an emergency of sorts. They want to know if they can borrow stethoscopes. Standing at…

As 2008 draws to a close, organisations, just like individuals, should take a moment to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the year that is ending, and prepare for the one ahead. I’d like to do that, in this final column of an eventful…