Kaiser Family Foundation

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The Kaiser Family Foundation is the common name for the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation.

The Kaiser Family Foundation describes itself[1] as a 'leader in health policy and communications' and 'a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., with a growing role in global health. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies'. It goes on to add that 'we serve as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge – from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to information young people can use to improve their health or elderly people can use to understand their Medicare benefits'.

People

Steven Rabin appears on the Kaiser Family Foundation's website[2] as a member of their National Program Advisory Committee. According to Danya International Inc.[3], in 2005 Rabin previously served as Senior Vice President with the Foundation. They add that (in 2005) he is President for Rabin Strategic Partners and previously serving as President of Ogilvy and Mather Public Affairs and as Managing Director of Porter Novelli International.

References

  1. Kaiser Family Foundation About Us Accessed 2nd January 2008
  2. Kaiser Family Foundation Advisory Committee Accessed 2nd January 2008
  3. Danya International Inc. MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Health Lecture Series To Explore Connections Between Consumer Marketing and Public Health Accessed 2nd January 2008