Health Care for the Neediest: The Critical Transformation

The United States now stands on the cusp of important expansion in access to affordable health insurance coverage that was promised in the enactment of federal health reform legislation in 2010. As actors and stakeholders throughout the health system prepare for a surge in the insured population, leaders are looking ahead to the looming challenges that will move to center stage as the crisis of the uninsured recedes: How can we reduce the heavy burden of health care cost growth on our nation’s families, employers, state budgets, and federal health care programs?

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How to Talk about Medicaid Expansion in Your State

On this webinar, Bruce Lesley of First Focus joined the GIST/GCYF/GIH Communications Collaborative to provide an update on the status of the Medicaid expansion, as well as advice about how funders might improve communication about Medicaid expansion in their states.

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Consumer Assistance in the Health Insurance Marketplace

On this webinar, participants learned about navigators and in-person assistors: their roles, responsibilities, training, and financing.

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ACA Impact Survey

Like many funders, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is interested in learning how the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affects important outcomes such as coverage, access, and affordability, and believes that state-level estimates are important to this monitoring effort. On this webinar, participants learned more about this opportunity.

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Understanding the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

On this webinar, GIH and Funders Concerned About AIDS explored the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, the $2 billion dollar federal investment that provides care & services to half a million People Living with HIV/AIDS each year.

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Federally-Facilitated Health Insurance Marketplaces

On this webinar, participants learned more about the Administration’s current plans for the implementation of federally-facilitated health insurance marketplaces, and participated in a funder-led discussion on the potential roles of philanthropy.

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Leveraging Federal Matching Funds

This webinar reviewed the general concept of matching federal funds, identifying the advantages, the challenges, and a few model approaches.

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Leveraging the BP Settlement Health Outreach Program to Address Disparities in the Gulf Coast

On this webinar, funders learned more about the opportunities to leverage the BP investment to promote health among those affected by the oil spill.

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U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

A new report from the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine synthesizes available research, taking an in-depth look at this disadvantage in health and lifespan. On this webinar, we heard from the report’s editors about key findings and discussed implications for the work of health grantmakers.

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2013 GIH Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy

2013 GIH Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy was held from March 13-15, 2013 in San Francisco, California.

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