Looking to Live Better? Move to New Jersey
April 28, 2010 – Wall Street Journal
Health Care Reform Passed, Now What?
After a year of vociferous debate, health care reform passed. But the unprecedented attention to Americans’ health somehow managed to miss one of the country’s most alarming health problems: the huge disparities in health outcomes for different population groups.
Health Care Reform Passed, Now What?
April 27, 2010 – The Huffington Post
‘Treme’: A Sharp Divide Between Rich and Poor
April 12, 2010 – The Atlantic
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: a chance for grantmakers to consider racial equity
March 22, 2010 – National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Study Indicates Money Can’t Buy You Longevity
March 20, 2010 – Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Healthcare Doesn’t Have to Cost an Arm and a Leg: 29 Reasons for Optimism from Comparisons between Countries and U.S. States
Months of bare-knuckled wrangling over health care reform have given rise to a widespread view that there’s nothing on which Democrats and Republicans can agree. But there is one: politicians on both sides of the aisle agree that health care is far too expensive. And they’re right. Total public and private health spending in 2009 was almost $2.5 trillion. In the next hour, the nation will spend $280 million on our health.
But policy makers and everyday Americans alike have reason to be optimistic that dramatically lower costs are possible.
Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy, March 22, 2010
Co-director Kristen Lewis will give the opening lunch plenary at the Association of Small Foundation’s “Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy” conference, taking place on Monday, March 22, 2010, at the New Orleans Marriott. For more information, visit www.KatrinaAtFive.org.
New Yorkers Are Living Longer, Study Finds
March 4, 2010 – Queens Chronicle
The Right Measures
March 3, 2010 – Stanford Social Innovation Review