A Predicted Spike in Number of Uninsured Americans; Plus More: Monday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
March 15, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
- Without changes to the health-care system, the number of uninsured Americans could increase by 10 million in five years, writes Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, chief executive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. On the Huffington Post, she outlines a new report from the foundation about the future of health care in America.
- President Obama earns an A for using his Nobel Prize money to support charities that will help America in the future, but he gets an F for “social innovation,” writes Nathaniel Whittemore, the founder of Assetmap. On Change.org, Mr. Whittemore grades the president on the 10 groups Mr. Obama chose to support with the $1.4-million prize.
- In Africa, “simple advances in basic sanitation and personal hygiene” are making a huge difference in people’s health care, while cellphones are changing financial services, says Bill Gates. On his new blog, the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discusses what he learned during a recent trip to South Africa and Kenya.
- Nonprofit groups do not require increased federal or state regulation, writes Kaila Anderson, an intern with The Orange County Register’s editorial department. In an opinion article in the newspaper, she argues that groups like Kiva.org are a sign that charity thrives “without government regulations or funding and by using free-market principles.”
- The musician Wyclef Jean’s embattled charity continues to face scrutiny as Gawker.com’s John Cook, a writer for the Web site, raises new questions about the duties and compensation of a nonprofit executive with the group.
