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Strengthening Health Care Access for People with Disabilities: Lessons for Philanthropy
In July, we recognize Disability Pride Month, marking the anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and celebrating the contributions and diverse identities of people with disabilities. While the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and establishes protections and requirements for employers, state, and local governments, and other areas of public life, many people with disabilities still face barriers.
Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health: July 2026
Applications for the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health 2027 Innovation Awards, including its Next Gen category, are open through July 24, 2026. As mental health issues continue to plague adolescents, the Innovation Awards seek to identify and advance new, impactful ways to help address these issues and support nonprofits making meaningful impacts at the local and national levels across the U.S.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts Foundation: July 2026
A combination of longstanding systemic failures and recent federal policy changes threaten to exacerbate health care access challenges and unravel Massachusetts’ near universal health insurance coverage. In response to this crisis, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts Foundation convened a work group of business and health leaders to align on the core health care system problems facing the state and to identify policy solution areas to address the identified system challenges.
30 Organizations Join GIH in Commenting on Proposed Medicaid Work and Community Service Requirements
Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is grateful to the 30 co-signatories who joined us in submitting a comment letter responding to a proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule requiring adult Medicaid beneficiaries to work or perform community service for 80 hours per month or risk losing their Medicaid benefits.
Summary of Medicaid Community Engagement Interim Final Rule
This Grantmakers In Health policy resource provides an overview of the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services interim final rule with comment period implementing Medicaid “community engagement” or work requirements enacted in the FY 2025 reconciliation law.
Surplus-to-Care: A Systems Approach to Expanding Insulin and Diabetes Supplies Access
Grantmakers In Health’s Maya Schane spoke with Svetlana Hutfles of Insulin for Life USA (IFL USA) about the organization’s model to improve diabetes supplies access across the country, and how philanthropy can engage on this issue. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Publications and Reports
Reducing Hospital Readmissions: What Is at Stake and What Will it Take?
Nearly one in five Medicare inpatients is readmitted to the hospital in the 30 days following discharge, most often for reasons relating to the original hospital stay. Such read missions are very costly, accounting for more than $17 billion annually in Medicare spending. With the view that many rehospitalizations could be averted through improvements in health care delivery, finding the path to reduce read missions and capture the resulting savings has seized the imagination of many policy wonks and spurred attention, along with some action, on the front lines.
Returning the Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health & Primary Care
GIH convened the Issue Dialogue Returning the Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health Care and Primary Care to discuss the benefits, challenges, and approaches to integrating oral health and primary care. This Issue Brief synthesizes key points from the day’s discussion with a background paper previously prepared for meeting participants.
The Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act: Forging Ahead
On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered its decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In a five-to-four ruling, the court largely upheld the ACA, maintaining important provisions already in place and paving the way for a fundamental transformation of the health care system. Following the decision, GIH held several webinars analyzing the implications of the ruling.