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HLTH 2022: Obstacles to Health Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Entering HLTH (pronounced “health”), an annual conference focused on the business of health—from healthcare startups to government agencies and insurance companies—feels as overwhelming as healthcare itself. Where we need to go as healthcare and where we need to go as a nation…we need a new story.

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Why Ending the Public Health Emergency Is Not Progress—And What Funders Can Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

The federal government officially ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

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Changing the Health System: A Community-Led Approach Rises in Rhode Island

NonProfit Quarterly

I was born in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) and started working in public health there as a clinical psychologist. I was responsible for mental health in what was, at the time, one of the world’s poorest countries. There I was, talking to parents about lead poisoning, doing what we do so readily in public health: telling people what to do.

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The Social Contract: What’s Missing in the “Historic” Biden Legislation?

NonProfit Quarterly

trillion bill, which is only true if you count the $650 billion for roads and infrastructure that was already law before the bill’s passage. Rather, the legislation, as New York Times columnist Paul Krugman aptly describes it , “is mainly a climate change bill with a side helping of health reform.” This gets complicated.

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Fair Wages Come to Washington DC

NonProfit Quarterly

Take healthcare: 15 percent of white men surveyed stated that their employer contributes to health insurance, compared to only 8 percent of Black women. Discrimination affects wages, benefits, and working conditions and exacerbate differences in health and wealth accordingly.

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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

And rich people who could afford to isolate, not have to go into an office, could afford healthcare, got richer. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.