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Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund
Source: Vital Healthcare Capital
Vital Healthcare Capital Launches $30 Million Social Impact Loan Fund Supporting Better Care for People with Complex Needs in Low-Income Communities Financing For Providers Developing Better Care Models and Quality Frontline Healthcare Jobs New York, NY — Vital Healthcare Capital (V-Cap), a social impact lender, today announced a…
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Coalition demands health before profits
Source: The Orlando Sentinel
Original Source by Jeannette Rivera-lyles, Sentinel Staff Writer A group of Central Florida community leaders and residents announced Tuesday that they will be part of a $40 million grass-roots campaign to push for affordable health care. Health Care for America Now, a national coalition of…
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National Consumer Organization Expands its Commitment to Quality Long-Term Care Through New Three-Year Project
Source: CNBC
WASHINGTON, Sept 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (formerly NCCNHR), also known as the Consumer Voice, announces the launch of a major project, Consumers for Quality Care, No Matter Where, funded through a three-year grant by The…
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Health Reform Implementation in One Map
Source: The Washington Post
By Sarah Kliff Where are we in setting up the health reform law? We are, as you can see below, literally all over the map: (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) Even though the Affordable Care Act establishes that every state must have a health exchange…
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The group that got health reform passed is declaring victory and going home
Source: The Washington Post
The Washington Post's WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the "bold" decision by…
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Speak Up for Health Coverage for Kids in the U.S.: Join the National Voice for Children
Source: Gara LaMarche
I’m visiting Atlantic’s programmes in Viet Nam right now, and a few days ago a provincial health official proudly told a group of us that the Government recently made health care free for all of the nine million Vietnamese children under the age of six.…
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A Growing Drumbeat from Activists Energizes Drive for Urgent Immigration Reform
Source: Gara LaMarche
This Sunday, I will join 100,000 other supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in the United States – a cause to which Atlantic has been deeply committed since 2004 – in a march on Washington to demand that the U.S. Congress act this year. I hope…
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Senate Passes Health Insurance Bill for Children
Source: Washington Post
Immigrant Clause Opens Rift By Ceci Connolly The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation yesterday to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children, a bill that would for the first time spend federal money to cover children and pregnant women who are legal immigrants. The State…
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Children join Capitol rally for health care coverage
Source: The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
Children's Defense Fund is an Atlantic grantee. by JULIE BISBEE Carrying signs and chanting "We want health care now," nearly 100 children and adults demonstrated for children's health care coverage Monday outside the state Capitol. The rally was part of a national effort by the Children's…
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Youth suicide rates have escalated in the Philippines
Source: The Atlantic Fellows
COVID-19 has accelerated the need for urgent action on mental health care. Lack of access to mental health care for young Filipinos, particularly in remote areas, is deadly. Attempted youth suicides and deaths have risen sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an increase in suicide-related…
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