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January 7, 2013 | Program Results Report
Since 2001, More Than Wheels has helped nearly 1,500 low-income families in New England purchase reliable, fuel-efficient cars. The program also works to give people skills to improve their financial stability and their overall health and well-being.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Providing financial incentives to hospitals to improve quality is increasingly common, yet little is known about its effect on hospitals that provide care for poorer patients. In this study, researchers looked at how financial incentives affected those hospitals serving larger, poorer populations.
May 29, 2006 | Program Results Report
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs created a conceptual model for a public-private partnership for long-term care.
June 4, 2006 | Program Results Report
Tyjhe Hargrove, who was 5 years old when his mother joined Affinity Health Plan, has suffered from asthma since he was a baby. He has trouble breathing when the weather is especially cold or especially hot or the air is full of pollen.
January 1, 2007 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the Foundation's investments in housing is discussed, from its early efforts to provide health care services to homeless people, to its current support of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
January 1, 2001 | Program Results Report
Researchers evaluated the extent to which eight state risk pools that were established in 1988 or earlier have increased access to health insurance and health care.
January 1, 2001 | Program Results Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine, Human Services Development Institute compared health care utilization rates between previously uninsured and previously insured persons enrolled in state-sponsored insurance programs.
June 13, 2013 | Program Results Report
Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.
June 11, 2013 | Program Results Report
New Mexico launched Mi Via (“my path,” “my way,” “my road”), giving disabled Medicaid recipients control over their personal assistance services, including hiring workers and buying assistive devices, through the Cash & Counseling national program.
June 4, 2013 | Journal Article
This article summarizes California’s Hospital Fair Pricing Act, which was passed in 2006 with the intent of protecting low-income uninsured patients from having to pay hospitals’ full billed charges.