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Finance: AMA Pushes For Charity Care Accountability

The NonProfit Times

Image from [link] Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and standardization of charity care policies so financial assistance reaches patients in need. Hospitals are eligible for nonprofit status, which exempts them from income, property, and sales taxes.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

While these uses of CGMs may have merit, this trend has transformed their reputation from critical medical devices into lifestyle gadgets. First, it dilutes the perception of CGMs as necessary medical tools for people with diabetes, potentially reducing the urgency of making these devices accessible to those who need them most.

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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

Medical debt relief programs might not be the panacea that proponents hope, despite the good intentions behind such programs. Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health.

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How to Move Guaranteed Income from Program to Policy

NonProfit Quarterly

This includes caring for children of course, but people who cannot afford the sky-high costs of care facilities or at-home nursing support often rely on other family members across generations to provide elder care or medical support. It is time for guaranteed income to become public policy across the United States.

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Corporate Power That Benefits All of Us

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Medical costs take a huge bite out of household budgets in the United States and can prevent people from getting care at all. It is, of course, counterproductive for companies to support efforts like these while they advocate for public policies known to exacerbate inequality.

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Why U.S. Urgently Needs Leadership Gender Parity: How Power Up Conference Gets You There

Fundraising Leadership

This year’s conference goals “to build your career, your business, your wealth, with joy not burnout; to engage men in the work for gender equality and to get the public policies that impact your life,” are especially relevant, says Gloria Feldt, Take The Lead’s co-founder and president. Sophia Yen, MD., “ Dr.

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Why Voting Rights Should Matter to Nonprofits

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Fair voting rights mean our clients have access to making decisions for themselves medically, financially, and personally. With these Public Policy Principles approved, your leadership team can move forward to create your policy agenda. You can’t do public policy work in a silo. Collaborate!