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People Post: Board Appointments & Comings and Goings at Foundations, plus an Award Winner


March 21st, 2012
by Lee-Lee Prina

Periodically, I do a people post here, similar to the class notes in an alumni magazine! Find out whatever became of that person who was your program officer or who sat next to you at a conference. Gwyn Barley has been named director of programs for the Colorado Trust. In this position, she will be... Read the rest of this entry »

Sustaining and Extending Health Care Reform: Perspectives on the ACA from California


February 28th, 2012
by E. Richard Brown

GrantWatch Blog invited E. Richard Brown, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, to report some highlights from a February symposium on health reform. “Health care reform is not self-implementing,” said Peter Long, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Blue Shield of California Foundation, as he led... Read the rest of this entry »

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... Read the rest of this entry »

Foundation News: Funding Priority Changes; Health Policy Jobs Open; Gates Foundation Discussion Held


January 27th, 2012
by Lee-Lee Prina

Read news about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Greenwall Foundation, and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. See descriptions of two policy jobs at health foundations. These tidbits recently came across my desk. •The Greenwall Foundation’s website notes that effective January 1, 2012, its grant making “will focus solely on building and enriching the Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program... Read the rest of this entry »

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... Read the rest of this entry »

From State Government to Philanthropy: New Freedoms, Shared Goals


January 12th, 2012
by Ned Calonge

The author, a high-ranking official in Colorado’s health department and a family physician in his previous work life, is president and CEO of the Colorado Trust. This statewide health foundation is based in Denver. GrantWatch Blog invited Ned Calonge to reflect on his experiences in the foundation and state government sectors. It’s been a little... Read the rest of this entry »

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