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Our Mission Gives Our Work Meaning

The global pandemic and human tragedy we are living through reinforces the importance of connecting deeply with our organization’s mission and goals. Having meaning in our work and ensuring that everyone on our teams understands how his or...
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Alyssa Rieder

Chief Investment Officer, CommonSpirit Health

Milken Institute COVID-19 Response

Statement from Milken Institute Chairman Michael Milken All of us at Milken Institute are working closely with leaders in industry, government, and medical research organizations to: mitigate the spread of COVID-19; expedite the discovery...
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Removing Barriers to Aging Well

For far too many people in our communities, homelessness itself is a dangerous health condition. After Joyce Bigelow’s husband passed away, she lost nearly everything and found herself sleeping with her dog in the back seat of her truck at...
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Bechara Choucair

Senior Vice President and Chief Community Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente
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Addressing Poor Health by Addressing Hunger

In a nation as fortunate as the United States, everyone should have the food they need to thrive. Today in America, one in nine households (11.1 percent) are food insecure. This means that 37.2 million Americans, including 11.2 million...
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Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

CEO, Feeding America

State Health Inefficiencies

Despite spending more than any other country on health, the U.S. has a mediocre ranking across most health care quality and health outcome indicators. According to a report published in 2012 by the Institute of Medicine, the U.S. wastes...
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Marlon Graf, Perry Wong, and Ross Devol

Drink Different: Feasible Strategies to Reduce Obesity

Each day, Americans make choices about what they will eat and drink. Often, these are unhealthy ones, contributing to a national obesity rate of more than 33 percent. Lowering this rate is key to controlling rising health-care costs and...
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Anusuya Chatterjee and Sindhu Kubendran