The Fund’s board of directors plays a vital role in deciding where and how the foundation should strive to make an impact, given its limited resources. Current grantmaking efforts focus on improving health insurance coverage and access to care for all Americans; improving the quality of health care services and stimulating innovation in health care delivery; and promoting international exchange on health care policy and practice.



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he Fund carries out its broad charge of advancing the common good by supporting efforts that help people live healthy and productive lives and by assisting specific groups with serious and neglected problems. To that end, it supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.
The foundation's current goals — which express the Fund's long-term mission and its assessment of how it can best address certain pressing social issues — are threefold:

Improve health insurance coverage and access to care for all Americans

Improve the quality of health care services and stimulate innovation in health care delivery

Promote international exchange on health care policy and practice
The Fund's programs are organized in pursuit of those goals, following a well-defined set of principal strategies:

Goal: Improve health insurance coverage and access to care for all Americans

Help develop a health insurance system that meets the needs of a 21st century population

Provide new information and analysis on coverage trends and consequences, focusing on employment-based coverage and high-risk populations

Develop or assess practical ways to expand insurance coverage, with an emphasis on those that build on current bases, such as public or employer-based coverage

Assess the experience of state and community initiatives to improve coverage, with the aim of disseminating lessons useful for future federal, state, and local strategies

Mobilize groups particularly affected by inadequate coverage

Preserve and strengthen the ability of Medicare to guarantee access to health services for current and future elderly and disabled beneficiaries

Reduce the number of uninsured in New York City and improve the quality of care for low-income residents
 
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Samuel O. Thier, M.D.
Chairman, Board of Directors