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January 05, 2009

Foundations Seek Active Role in Shaping Health Policy

California foundations and think tanks are adopting new approaches to push for changes in health-care policies both in the state and nationally, reports The Los Angeles Times.

Hoping to educate legislators in support of their ideas, several foundations have set up offices in Sacramento and hired former advisers to lawmakers to pursue advocacy efforts. Such tactics present new challenges for foundations, the newspaper notes, since they face legal prohibitions on partisan activities.

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