Access

Improving access to care is a prominent theme in the work of health grantmakers. The philanthropic community has examined access from many angles, seeking to break down barriers created by costs, culture, geography, system structure, and differing notions about who and what should be covered by both public and private insurance. In this era of health reform, GIH is working to inform and connect health funders who are interested in ensuring that vulnerable people with problems accessing the health care system are able to get the care they need.

What's New

• Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds 75 Million People Struggled with Medical Debt and 80 Million Were Unable to Afford the Health Care They Need
  May 2013
  Eighty-four million people?nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults?went without health insurance for a time last year or had out-of-pocket costs that were so high relative to their income they were considered underinsured, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2012 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
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• California Endowment, Partners to Provide Low-Cost Loans to Community Health Centers
  May 2013
  The California Endowment, in partnership with Community Health Center Capital Fund and NCB Capital Impact, has announced program-related investments totaling more than $11.1 million in support of community health centers in California.
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• Recent Results of The Colorado Trust's Health Access Survey
  May 2013
  According to a new report from The Colorado Trust's Colorado Health Access Survey, young adults aged 18-29 have the highest uninsured rate among any age group in Colorado.
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Publications of Interest

• Covering Children Under the Affordable Care Act: Minding the Gaps
  August 2011
  While millions of children and their families stand to gain access to affordable coverage through the Affordable Care Act, a significant subset of children is vulnerable to being excluded. Nearly 20 million children live in nontraditional family arrangements that potentially create barriers to accessing health coverage.
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• Connecting Kids to Coverage
  May 2011
  State Medicaid programs and CHIP play a crucial role in providing coverage for low- and moderate-income children. Together, they provide access to preventive and primary care services to over one-third of all children and nearly 60 percent of low-income children.
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• Access to Care for the Categorically Ineligible
  December 2010
  By Ellen Schleicher Pliska, Maternal and Child Health Senior Analyst, and Pellavi Sharma, Access to Care Director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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• Access
• Aging
• Behavioral Health
• Disparities
• Foundation Operations
• Health Reform
• Healthy Eating/Active Living
• Maternal and Child Health
• Oral Health
• Public Health
• Public Policy Strategies
• Quality
• Social Determinants of Health