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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Yet, in our siloed and disease focused healthcare systems, the root causes for poor health and disparities go largely ignored.

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America’s Broken Safety Net—and How to Address It: An Interview with Alissa Quart

NonProfit Quarterly

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. EHRP is part of the dystopian social safety net.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. He needs to be dispossessed not just for society’s benefit but for his own mental health and wellbeing. If we don’t have public transit, we take an Uber. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur with a small business.