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Washington Post Examines How Altman 'Revitalized' The Kaiser Family Foundation Mission

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Article Date: 03 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST

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The Washington Post: "Drew Altman landed at the Kaiser Family Foundation in 1990 with a huge mandate: Rebuild the sleepy grant-making organization, shake up its staff, and revitalize its mission. Two decades later, the chief executive and president has positioned the nonpartisan operation as a leading voice and vast repository for facts and figures on health-care issues and the reform debate. ... What Altman doesn't do anymore is give out money -- but instead spends it on independent research. ... For Kaiser to have an influential voice, Altman concluded that it would have to trade in information -- not money." The Post also includes a video with Altman. (KHN is a program of the foundation) (Romano, 11/2).

This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org.

© Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.






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