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Letter from the President, Views from the Field, Grantmaker Focus, and more…
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June / July 2023
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More than a month after the 2023 Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, Advancing Philanthropy’s Commitment to the Long Game, I find myself reflecting on numerous aspects from presentations to conversations. Two quotes in particular have stayed with me, and apparently others, as I have heard one of them referenced at meetings I have attended since our conference. |
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Philanthropy’s Role in Equitable Medi-Cal Expansion
Heather Bates, COO and Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement, Transform Health
Madeline Sabatoni, Senior Program Officer, Sierra Health Foundation
Sarabeth Zemel, Policy Manager, Transform Health
California has more people enrolled in Medicaid than any other state—almost 15 million of 93 million enrollees nationwide, and the state’s efforts to equitably address the enrollment churn make it worth watching. When the pause on Medicaid redeterminations ended in April, up to 3 million Medi-Cal enrollees, California’s program, were at risk of losing coverage. Most at risk are those often eligible but inconsistently enrolled in Medi-Cal—if at all. Many of these individuals are from poorly served communities who often experience longstanding discrimination in accessing health care. They commonly live in extremely rural areas and lack access to the internet and transportation; have unstable housing; are reluctant to enroll due to their immigration status; and have limited English proficiency, live with a physical disability, or have behavioral health needs. If Medi-Cal is to be a true driver for health equity, we need to close the enrollment gap in these communities.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
As More Americans Gain Health Care Coverage, Advocates Fight for Higher-Quality Insurance
Aija Nemer-Aanerud, Health Care for All Campaign Director, People’s Action
People’s Action and our allies fought hard to win health care for millions through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion. 91 percent of Americans now have health insurance, even though there is still work to do to ensure everyone can get coverage, particularly immigrants and those living in holdout non-expansion states.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Health Philanthropy Impacting the Health and Well-Being of Family Caregivers
Lisa Simon, Partner, The Philanthropic Initiative
More than 53 million Americans—21 percent of the US population—are caregivers for loved ones who are older adults or adults living with chronic, disabling, or serious health conditions. Increasingly, the US health and long-term care systems rely on family caregivers. In 2017, family caregivers in the US provided a staggering 80 percent of long-term care, valued at $470 billion, and in 2021, 38 million family caregivers spent 36 billion hours caring for older adults, amounting to an estimated $600 billion in unpaid caregiving.
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VIEWS FROM THE FIELD
Want to See Lasting Systemic Change and Transformation to Build Health Equity? Invest in Power Building
Dr. Hanh Cao Yu, Chief Learning Officer, The California Endowment
Despite a commitment to transformation, equity, and rebalancing the scales of justice, philanthropy often operates in ways that undermine its very purpose. Historically, the philanthropic field has taken a siloed and narrow approach to change, offering investments in short-term funding cycles and attempting to create change from the top down.
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“The Medica Foundation especially values programs that utilize tools to deliver mental health care where it’s most needed, and that overcome obstacles like race, language, economic status, geographic location, or historical distrust of the health care system. Both telehealth and mobile health care units are reaching communities and populations that were previously unrepresented and making inroads to building trust in the health care system. We are proud to partner with programs that are delivering care to people through innovative new methods and models.”
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GIH NEWS
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Reporting from the 2023 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy
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Explore daily highlights from the 2023 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy, Advancing Philanthropy’s Commitment to the Long Game, including plenaries, breakout sessions, learning labs, and special wellness activities such as “Hula as Exercise.”
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Philanthropic Joint Statement in Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision in ‘Students for Fair Admissions’ Cases |
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Grantmakers In Health joined with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Ford Foundation, Health Forward Foundation, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Grantmakers In the Arts, and 88 other philanthropy organizations in responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina removing race as a consideration for college admissions.
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Grantmakers In Health President and CEO Spoke at 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival About Philanthropy’s Influence on U.S. Health
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Grantmakers In Health President and CEO Cara V. James participated in a June 22, 2023 Aspen Ideas: Health panel entitled “How Philanthropies Influence the Nation’s Health.” Other speakers included Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Joseph Betancourt, President, The Commonwealth Fund; Sandra Hernandez, President and CEO, California Health Care Foundation; and Mark Miller, Executive Vice President of Health Care, Arnold Ventures.
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PHILANTHROPY
@ WORK
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Grants & Programs
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit, MI) • Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (New York, NY) • The John A. Hartford Foundation (New York, NY) • Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (Millburn, NJ) • The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York (Buffalo and Syracuse, NY) • The New York Health Foundation (New York, NY) • Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation (Pottstown, PA) • RRF Foundation for Aging (Chicago, IL)
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Transitions and Appointments
Ginna Baik and Phyllis Meadows (John A. Hartford Foundation) • Margery Bronster and Paula Pretlow (Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation) • Daniel Cohn (Mt. Sinai Health Foundation) • Denise De Las Nueces and Carlos Cappas (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation) • Susan Perlin, Victor Hicks II, and Freddie Burton, Jr. (Ethel and James Flinn Foundation)
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