On November 6th, the people of Maine will vote on an initiative to guarantee home care support to any adult unable to perform at least one activity of daily living—for example, bathing, dressing, or eating—without assistance. Maine’s Question 1 is the first time a state has had a ballot measure proposing a universal home care benefit.
“Remission [must be] a component of a broader change in behavior, outlook and identity,” concludes the Surgeon General’s report. “That change process becomes an ongoing part of how they think about themselves and their experience with substances.”
In January, Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway announced they were forming a joint venture designed to be “free from profit-making incentives.” This week they announced that entity would be based in Boston and headed by the physician Atul Gawande.
We rarely talk about the dangers of nonprofit growth, but the allure of “getting to scale” can negate some nonprofit missions very quickly.
Once, mutual companies were converting to for-profits so quickly that even Mutual of Omaha seriously considered becoming a for-profit. Now, as Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Chase propose creating a nonprofit health insurer, the mutual once again may be in vogue. Can it be recreated to serve the public better?
While public health in American Indian communities is improving, enormous challenges persist. In response, American Indians are employing multiple strategies, ranging from efforts to reinforce cultural resiliency to boosting the number of American Indian health workers.
Due to a lack of movement by congress, the CHIP program will soon run through the remainder of its funding and expire in most states.
Despite the progress made by the Affordable Care Act in addressing disparate health care access and outcomes across race and ethnicity, those disparities persist. A new study from California suggests that online patient portals, intended to narrow disparities, may be having the opposite effect.
It is increasingly clear that the U.S. is inadequately prepared to care for its growing number of elders and people living with disabilities, and one of the major issues for nonprofits in those fields is the ways in which the direct care workforce is treated and compensated.
The World Bank suggests that what Haiti’s healthcare system needs is not just more resources, but a reallocation that focuses on primary care.
