To Improve Health and Health Care The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology [Paperback]

Since 1972, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health. To further its mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans, the Foundation strives to foster innovation, develop ideas, disseminate information, and enable committed people to devote their energies to improving the nation's well-being. As part of the Foundation's efforts to inform the public, To Improve Health and Health Care, the ninth volume in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. Written for policymakers and practitioners, as well as interested members of the public, the series offers valuable lessons for leaders and educators developing plans for the coming years.Foreword (Risa Lavizzo-Mourey).

Editors’ Introduction: Still Swinging for the Philanthropic Fences? (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman).

Acknowledgments.

Section One: From the Foundation’s Vulnerable Populations Portfolio.

1 Free to Grow (Irene M. Wielawski).

2 Improving Health in an Aging Society (Robin E. Mockenhaupt, Jane Isaacs Lowe, and Geralyn Graf Magan).

Section Two: From the Foundation’s Targeted Portfolio.

3 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Efforts to Cover the Uninsured (Robert Rosenblatt).

4 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Safety Net Programs (James Bornemeier).

5 The Medicaid Managed Care Program (Marsha R. Gold, Justin S. White, and Erin Fries Taylor).

6 The Evolution of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Approach to Alcohol and Drug Addictiol³C