Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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2004 Annual Report President's Message: Holding the Needle on True North
April 1, 2005 | Annual Report
In the President's Message of the RWJF 2004 annual report, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey describes being on the front lines of patient care at a community health clinic in New Brunswick, N.J., a clinic that provides health care for thousands of the area's most vulnerable, low-income or uninsured families.
Better Health for All Americans
August 23, 2011 | Commentary
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey delivers keynote at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Health Equity Summit.
Improving the Quality of Health Care
May 16, 2005 | Commentary/Story
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., outlined the Foundation's approach to reducing disparities using quality improvement approaches already familiar to the health care field.
Statement on IOM Report on Consequences of Not Having Health Insurance
February 23, 2009 | News Release/Story
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, comments on the Foundation-supported report.
Center to Champion Nursing in America
December 6, 2007 | News Release
RWJF and the AARP Foundation host briefing at the National Press Club to provide details on the Center to Champion Nursing in America.
A Focused Remedy is Best Cure for Health Care Crisis
January 8, 2009 | Commentary/Story
As Washington turn its eye toward health care reform, RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., and Vernice Davis Anthony, president and CEO of the Greater Detroit Area Health Council, urge policy-makers to focus on what it means to "fix" health care and ask the hard questions about how medical care is delivered in this commentary published in the Detroit Free Press.
Doctors Need a Say on Health Insurance
September 22, 2009 | Story
A majority backs both public and private programs.
Why is U.S. Health Care So Costly?
July 26, 2009 | Story
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey critiques the idea that more care is better care.
Statement on Signing of SCHIP Legislation
February 3, 2009 | News Release/Story
RWJF President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., says the signing (SCHIP) "extends a vital safety net for millions of hard-working parents who aren't offered insurance for their kids through their jobs, or can't afford the coverage that is offered."
U.S. Health Care: Connect the Dots
January 25, 2009 | Story
Political leaders are finally connecting the dots between health care and the economy.