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New In the Journal: How Foundations Are Helping States Implement Health Insurance Exchanges


February 9th, 2012
by Lee-Lee Prina

This GrantWatch column in the just-released February 2011 issue of Health Affairs is full text, free access, to all readers. As many of you are aware, under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, individuals and small businesses, as of 2014, will be able to compare health insurance plans and enroll in them through state-based marketplaces [...]

Round-up of Foundation Blog Posts: Neglected Diseases, Health Reform, Wellness, and More


February 2nd, 2012
by Lee-Lee Prina

Every few weeks I do a round-up highlighting a few recent posts from foundation blogs that have caught my eye. Topics this time are global health (specifically, neglected tropical diseases), health reform, wellness, and lessons learned by a seasoned funder. Global Health/Neglected Tropical Diseases “Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases,” by Julie Jacobson, on the Bill and [...]

Why a California Foundation Filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court


February 1st, 2012
by Robert K. Ross

The head of one of the largest private foundations in the United States, the California Endowment, explains how it came to the decision to show its support for the constitutionality of the federal health reform act. Nearly everyone would agree that greater access to health care for all Californians is a good thing. As the [...]

A Foundation Leader Discusses Massachusetts Health Reform at the Five-Year Mark


January 26th, 2012
by Sarah Iselin

The president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts hits some of the highlights of a recent foundation-supported report on that state’s ongoing health reform effort. Call it what you like—“RomneyCare,” “ObamneyCare,” or plain old Massachusetts Health Reform—it’s working pretty much as intended, at a cost that’s within what was projected, and with [...]

Philanthropy Blogs Roundup: Global Health, Health Reform, Mental Health, and More


October 6th, 2011
by Lee-Lee Prina

Here are a few blog posts that caught my eye as I looked through blogs listed on GrantWatch Blog’s “Blogroll.” Other topics touched on are social media and quality of care. Global Health “Soros Pledges $27.4-Million for Rural African Development,” Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Philanthropy Today blog, October 4. This short post summarizes an Associated Press article [...]

Health Reform: It’s about a Vision for Each State


October 3rd, 2011
by Kim VanPelt

GrantWatch Blog asked Kim VanPelt of St. Luke’s Health Initiatives (SLHI) to report on that foundation’s “Keys to Success” forum, held in mid-September in Phoenix, Arizona. The forum’s goal was to discuss the critical issues involved in creating an Arizona health insurance exchange. A public foundation, SLHI primarily works in Maricopa County (the Phoenix metropolitan [...]

The Colorado Health Symposium’s Debate Over Repealing and Replacing the ACA


August 3rd, 2011
by Grace-Marie Turner

The Colorado Health Foundation sponsored a debate this past week as part of its annual symposium. The conference sold out, as it has many other years. GrantWatch Blog asked Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, a participant in the debate and a former journalist, to write a post containing her observations. Resolved: The Affordable Care [...]

Foundation Blogs Round-up: Safety Net, Global Health, Health Reform, Children, & More


July 6th, 2011
by Lee-Lee Prina

GrantWatch Blog has been on its Fourth of July break. Below, in this post-holiday edition I’ve gathered links to several blog posts that you may want to add to your reading list. Global Health Malaria: “Saving Lives: When the Impossible Becomes Possible,” Alexandra Farnum on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Foundation Blog, June 24. In this [...]

How to Educate the Public about the ACA: Recommendations from CaliforniaSpeaks


June 6th, 2011
by Tom Campbell, Jesse Sostrin, and Barbara Masters

Read about a Blue Shield of California Foundation project to educate Californians about the federal health reform law. According to the April 2011 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll, public opinion on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to be split. Four in ten feel favorably about the law, and [...]

Fostering Productive Dialogue on Health Reform Implementation


May 19th, 2011
by Catherine Hess

Catherine Hess of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) reports on how foundations are supporting efforts to foster dialogue between states and stakeholders during implementation of health reform. Facts, not ideology, should ground discussions was among the lessons learned at a meeting of state officials and advocates in southern states. Even in political [...]

Job Hunters: Ever Consider Working for a Foundation? Check Out These Openings.


April 21st, 2011
by Lee-Lee Prina

For those who want to change jobs or find a job, here is a selected sampling of positions that appear to be still open. Please note that I am only mentioning here a few pertinent details. I have put links to URLs for fuller descriptions of the positions, with all of the caveats, limitations, etc.! [...]

Issue Brief and Polls on Health Reform Released by Foundations: What Are They Telling Us?


March 15th, 2011
by Lee-Lee Prina

Later this month the Accountable Care Act will mark its one-year anniversary. I have been wanting to mention three items on federal health reform that I was alerted to in late February. Here they are!  Projected Effects of Health Reform in Colorado A new issue brief provides strong financial justification for the Affordable Care Act—at least [...]

Philanthropy Blog Roundup: Antibiotic Resistance, Health Reform, International Health Policy, Nurses, Obesity


December 30th, 2010
by Lee-Lee Prina

I have pulled together a list of links to philanthropy-related blog posts that have come across my desk in recent weeks. I hope that you will see a few that pique your interest. During this short week between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, I am keeping my “roundup” post—covering several important topics—short! Happy New [...]

RWJF President Issues End-of-Year Letter: Outcomes of Grants; New Initiatives


December 21st, 2010
by Lee-Lee Prina

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), sent out a Letter to the Field on Dec. 14. The letter’s audience was RWJF grantees and partners (and for “the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted solely to the public’s health,” that encompasses a big group). Here is some of what she [...]

On the Philanthropy Blogs Roundup: Health Reform, Dengue, Polling, and More


August 20th, 2010
by Lee-Lee Prina

I have been scanning the blogs listed on our GrantWatch Blogroll to the right and wanted to point out some posts that are worth looking at. Check out Matt Sundeen’s informative August 5, 2010, post “To Be Seen Whether Other States Follow Missouri’s Vote against Health Reform,” on the Colorado Trust’s Community Connections Blog. Sundeen, who [...]

How Foundations Can Help States Implement Health Reform


August 13th, 2010
by James Knickman

More from a meeting of foundations, cosponsored by Grantmakers In Health and others and held at Brandeis University, July 2010 How can philanthropies interested in health care delivery assist states in the complex task of implementing health reform? This was the topic that brought philanthropy types together in late July to share visions and to learn from one [...]

Helping to Define Health Philanthropy’s Role in the Implementation of Health Reform


August 12th, 2010
 
by Lauren LeRoy and Osula Rushing

Two weeks ago, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) joined with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation, and Commonwealth Fund to sponsor a discussion among funders about the roles that state and local health foundations can play in advancing health reform. The night before the meeting, surgeon and writer Atul Gawande set the stage for the [...]

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