Health Policy Update: July 2, 2025

July 2, 2025

In an effort to help our Funding Partners better understand the changing health policy landscape in the new administration and Congress, Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is expanding the GIH Health Policy Update newsletter to three issues per month. Working in collaboration with Leavitt Partners, a leading health care policy consultancy, we are adding new installments of the newsletter on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, while we will continue to partner with Trust for America’s Health on the installment released on the second Wednesday of the month.

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Improving Quality: Long-Term Vision and Incremental Change

May 14, 2010

Quality is one of the most pressing issues facing the health care system today, and foundations are using a variety of approaches to support quality improvement efforts at the local, state, and national levels, turning a cacophony of consumer voices into coherent, actionable work.

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Intervening Early to Address Children’s Health Disparities

April 16, 2010

In the United States, children of color and those in low-income families continue to lag behind white and affluent children on nearly every health indicator. In addition, many of these indicators and conditions, such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and asthma, can have long-term influences on children’s healthy development and functioning.

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Racism: Combating the Root Causes of Health Disparities

April 16, 2010

Reducing health disparities in communities of color has been a public health priority in the United States for the past decade. To date, however, substantial improvements have not been achieved. Even more troubling is the evidence that disparities persist even when overall health trends improve.

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Rethinking Substance Use Disorders

April 16, 2010

Almost 1 in 10 individuals over age 12 has a problem with alcohol or drugs, making substance use disorders one of the most damaging and expensive health problems facing the United States today. Yet many of the specific issues surrounding substance use remain under the radar because of their controversial nature and the highly marginalized and vulnerable populations they often affect.

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Tackling the Tough Work of Community Change

March 22, 2010

While somewhat new to health foundations, place-based community change work is not new to philanthropy. Grantmakers who are considering such ventures have to judge how comfortable they are with the roles they might be called upon to play in a community change effort.

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What’s in a Name? Untangling Health Disparities, the Social Determinants of Health, and Health Equity

March 22, 2010

Health disparities…social determinants of health… health equity. These phrases are used to talk about differences in health, but what do they mean?

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Taking Risks at a Critical Time

March 8, 2010

Download the essay written for GIH’s 2010 annual meeting, as well as special guest commentaries by foundation leaders Patricia Baker, Thomas David, Karen Wolk Feinstein, Phillip Gonzalez, and Mark Smith on taking risks.

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