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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A significant link exists between poverty and high healthcare needs, a report from Robin Hood finds. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. Study finds significant connection between poverty, poor health care. February 4, 2022. and Harry B. February 4, 2022.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Yet, in our siloed and disease focused healthcare systems, the root causes for poor health and disparities go largely ignored. Governments and their policies in far off places can affect food supply or the spread of disease at home and can go further to impact elections, social policy, and even violent conflicts with loss of life.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today? This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Similarly, the Healthcare Anchor Network , a collaborative of 75 health systems, is working to transform the economic drivers of health disparities in the United States. Take the Center for Law and Social Policy , a nonprofit committed to reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91. Social Finance in North America.” Global Social Policy 14 (2): 74–277. Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? References Brennan, D., Himmelweit, and M. Burns, D., Folkman, J. Killett, and K. Where Does the Money Go? Goldstein, M.,

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

But on the other hand, you can see that in a country without universal healthcare, all it takes is a cancer diagnosis to decimate your wealth. In a society with healthcare, pensions, or other forms of a safety net, you wouldn’t have to be rich to be secure. Maybe you’re an entrepreneur with a small business.