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    How Expanding Health Savings Accounts Could Cure America’s Sick Health Care System

    Cato Institute Oct 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael F. Cannon argues that the tax preference for employer coverage is ailing America’s health care system and offers ways to change this.  • What work can…

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    Vaping Deaths and Injuries are ‘Very Terrifying’

    Futurity Oct 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Hasmeena Kathuria, who has served as a pulmonologist for 20 years, discusses how she has never been so alarmed as she is now by recent cases of…

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    Defy the Divide and Enter the Gray Area for Food Solutions

    Food Tank Oct 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dana Cowin visits Food Tank President Danielle Nierenberg at the Slow Food Nations Leader Summit in Denver, Colorado to talk about the challenges and urgency of telling stories…

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    The Benefits of Increasing Access to Same-day, Long-lasting Birth Control

    Futurity Sep 30, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katie Duffey reports that researchers found that providing teens access to same-day access to long-acting birth control saved more than $2000 in medical costs.  • How can funders…

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    New Primary Care Model Wins Tentative Support

    Healthcare Dive Sep 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Shannon Muchmore examines the new CMS primary care payment program and the potential pitfalls and benefits of the program. • The CMS program has pathways to support chronic…

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    Why We Haven’t Addressed Lead in the Drinking Water in Public Schools

    Nonprofit Quarterly Sep 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Debby Warren explains how various parties pass the buck and refuse to allocate budget to address the lead in the drinking water in U.S. public schools.  •…

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    The Burden of Major Depressive Disorder – and the Opportunity for Philanthropic Capital

    Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy Sep 26, 2019

    Mental, neurological and substance use disorders make up 13% of the total global burden of disease, leading to shortened life expectancy and dramatic quality of life differences. Major Depressive Disorder…

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    The Burden of Major Depressive Disorder – and the Opportunity for Philanthropic Capital

    Milken Institute Sep 26, 2019

    Mental, neurological and substance use disorders make up 13% of the total global burden of disease, leading to shortened life expectancy and dramatic quality of life differences. Major Depressive Disorder…

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    The Rise of Corporate CEO Activism in the Age of Information

    Kennedy School Review Sep 25, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Lisa Hogan at Kennedy School Review discusses the rise of corporate CEO activism and how to innovate and adapt to the changing business ecosystem of the Information Age.…

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    We Can End Maternal and Child Mortality [Video]

    The Rockefeller Foundation Sep 25, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from the #Solvable series, Siddharth Chatterjee explains how policies and partnerships can provide the training and resources needed to end maternal and child…

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    Innovation in Healthcare for Nigeria

    Christensen Institute Sep 24, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Lifestores Healthcare is innovating quality care in Nigeria by using technology to increase access for low-income neighborhoods and forging strategic partnerships with medical providers.  • How can…

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    How Bathroom Scales Could Monitor Heart Failure

    Futurity Sep 24, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An experimental device uses machine learning tools—and a bathroom scale—to monitor heart failure. • How can donors help fund more research to help heart disease and heart…

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