FROM THE FOUNDATION

The Stimulus Funding and the Safety Net

The recently enacted federal stimulus package includes funds to bolster and improve community health centers, which are being squeezed between the budget crisis and the recession.

Lessons in Managing Medicaid Dental

A number of states have changed the administration of their Medicaid dental programs to improve access and use of services. Could they serve as a model for California, which recently eliminated its adult dental program?

Studies in Patient Self-Management

A study of 150,000 patients from 174 medical groups across California measured the ability of providers to help patients manage their chronic conditions and correlates the data with process and outcome measures.

Health Care Costs

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Group Will Spend $40M To Advocate for Health Reform

The newly formed Health Care for America Now will unveil its first advertisement to push for affordable health care next week. The ad will run on television, in newspapers and online. The group is a coalition of labor unions, health care organizations and liberal activists.

  • "New Health Reform Group To Spend $40 Million" (Bosman, "The Caucus," New York Times, 7/3).



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