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Is Your Health Insurer Breaking the Law?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: AntonioGuillem on istock.com Despite hundreds of state laws meant to protect health insurance consumers—patients, in other words—from denials of legitimate claims for coverage, health insurers are routinely flouting these laws and illegally denying coverage in even life-threatening situations.

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Why Ending the Public Health Emergency Is Not Progress—And What Funders Can Do About It

NonProfit Quarterly

The federal government officially ended the public health emergency on May 11, 2023. It is estimated that, with this change, 15 million people could lose this essential healthcare coverage , bringing the most harm to people with disabilities, people of color, trans people, and poor people.

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Why Tennessee Needs a Statewide Nonprofit Association

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Substantively, nonprofits are governed by state laws on tax-exempt status, giving incentives, regulation, employment standards, contracting, and more. Nonprofits need to engage at the state level to ensure those laws are fair and appropriate. Grassroots advocacy is nearly impossible from only one part of the state.

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10 Awesome LGBTQ Organizations You Should Support This Pride Month

EveryAction

The LGBTQ Victory Fund is the only national organization dedicated to electing openly LGBTQ people to all levels of government. Transgender Law Center. Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. LGBTQ Victory Fund.

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The Intersection of AI and Healthcare: Transforming Patient Outcomes through Software Development

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

The Intersection of AI and Healthcare: Transforming Patient Outcomes through Software Development While the capacities and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) served as discussion points for decades, they are fast becoming realities with which nearly everyone must face today. Examples of this relationship exist in AI used in healthcare.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

University of Mississippi professors Meagen Rosenthal and Anne Cafer explain that Black Americans are more likely to lack health insurance, a regular source of healthcare, or both. For the last few years, there have been major clashes between Mississippi’s state government and its majority-Black capital city.

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Understanding the Legislative Process in Tennessee

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

From Idea to Law: Navigating the Tennessee Legislative Process Ever had an idea you thought could improve Tennessee? Maybe it's a new environmental regulation, a change to education policy, or an update to healthcare access. But how do you turn that idea into a law? Step 9: Law in Effect! Congratulations!

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