Health Policy Update: April 17, 2025

In an effort to help our Funding Partners better understand the changing health policy landscape in the new administration and Congress, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is expanding the GIH Health Policy Update newsletter to three issues per month. Working in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, a leading health care policy consultancy, we are adding new installments of the newsletter on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, while we will continue to partner with Trust for America’s Health on the installment released on the second Wednesday of the month.

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Death of the Magic Bullet: Examining Antibiotic Resistance

This GIH Issue Focus examines antibiotic resistance and explores opportunities for health funders.

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Access to Dental Health Services: It’s Not Just About Pretty Smiles

This GIH Issue Focus shares strategies that foundations are using to address access to dental health services.

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Weighing in on Obesity

The country is facing double threats: a dramatic increase in rates of overweight and obesity among children and adults, and an accompanying increase in diabetes and other conditions that threaten the lives and health of the nation’s population. This Issue Focus explores ways that grantmakers can play a role in identifying and promoting effective prevention and intervention strategies, including tackling the root causes of the problem.

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Supporting Families of Children with Special Needs

This GIH Issue Focus outlines opportunities for funders to support families of children with special needs.

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Y2K and Health Care

Written just prior to the year 2000, this Issue Focus discusses the potential impact of the Y2K problem and its effect on the delivery of health care, especially to vulnerable populations.  It also explores philanthropy’s role at the local, state, and national levels to help mitigate these predicted problems.

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Expanding Access for the Uninsured: Building a Community Response

Foundations have made access to care a priority – convening community leadership, funding communitywide planning processes, facilitating health system change, expanding insurance coverage, building the capacity of safety net providers, and filling gaps in delivery of services.  This Issue Focus features promising models and key lessons learned from across the country.

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On Solid Foundations: Strengthening the Future of Health and Philanthropy

This report features keynote addresses by Lauren LeRoy, Bruce Vladeck, Ian Morrison, Steven Schroeder, and Martha Katz.

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