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  • A Cure for High Health Care Costs

    March 01, 2017 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States

    While American medicine tops the charts for "acute care," it's notably sub-par when it comes to treating chronic conditions and focusing on prevention. This piece introduces a series on how the U.S. healthcare system's structure results in high expenses and inefficient treatments, and what various programs around the nation are doing to improve quality of care at lower costs.

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  • Help Is on the Way for Low-Income Co-op Buildings in NYC

    March 01, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Habitat for Humanity, best known for its work building houses, is now working to become a Community Development Financial Institution in New York. The city has a history of buildings owned as cooperatives. However, a specific type of municipal debt negatively impacts many of these buildings. Habitat for Humanity’s New York chapter is working to provide loans to help cooperative owners pay off this debt. It will help individuals, while also marking a turning point in what the large nonprofit provides as a service.

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  • Stanford's Big Health Care Idea

    March 01, 2017 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Stanford, California

    Doctors at Stanford University developed per-patient and per-month payment plans to better support patients with complex medical needs. The approach upends the typical per-service payment model. It has radically improved primary care by incentivizing healthcare providers to offer more comprehensive support.

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  • Syrian women find confidence and community in Canada through catering events

    March 01, 2017 |

    National Observer |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    A select group of women Syrian refugees are helping cater dinners in Vancouver, British Columbia. The dinner events, titled “Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine,” help the women both earn a small living and create a support network. Anyone is able to buy a ticket, and attendee numbers have only grown since the first event.

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  • Big in Bolivia: Zebras in the Streets

    March 01, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Bolivia, La Paz

    In La Paz, local government is using people dressed in zebra costumes to direct traffic and change the behavior of people who break the rules. La Paz borrowed the idea from Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of Bogota, who discovered that people are more afraid of being ridiculed than being punished. Through humor, the method has improved driving and people's moods on the streets, hospitals, and schools.

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  • Philadelphia's Soda Tax Is Reducing Consumption—and Maybe Jobs

    February 28, 2017 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Soda taxes are are showing unexpected financial reprecussions, resulting in greater harm to the soda businesses than anticipated leading to massive workforce reductions. A proposed solution is to tax sodas based on how much sugar is in then, rather than a blanket tax.

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  • How to Fight a Soaring Drug Price: Innovate

    February 28, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Milbridge, Maine

    Throughout the country, issues of health care exclusivity and rising drug prices are being addressed with creative solutions. Innovating new medicines and medicine deliver systems, such as an alternative EpiPen, is proving to be a helpful way to work around these surging prices.

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  • How one woman is winning the fight against food waste

    February 27, 2017 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Selina Juul is a woman from Denmark who is spearheading an incredible multi-pronged approach to combatting food waste. She partners with local grocery stores to change sales tactics wrote a leftovers cookbook, partnered with 3 governments to make plans, and more. Juul has been credited by the Danish government for helping the country reach their statistic of cutting food waste by 25% in 5 years.

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  • How Wildwood schools provide a crucial safety net for struggling families

    February 27, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Wildwood, New Jersey

    The Wildwood School District has implemented programs during and after school hours to help provide nutritious meals to students living with hunger and poverty, while also teaching the children invaluable skills such as sewing and gardening to help create better future opportunities.

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  • School nurse's supplies include food, toothbrushes and coats

    February 26, 2017 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Wildwood, New Jersey

    In low-income districts, the school nurse is often a family’s first health care provider, and the role at places like Wildwood High School and Glenwood Avenue School has expanded to provide everything from warm coats and food donations for children and their families living in hunger.

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