Year: 2020

Meet Qiana Thomason, new Health Forward president/CEO

By Qiana Thomason on January 24, 2020
President/CEO
Health Forward Foundation

I am filled with great humility, purpose, and elation to begin this next chapter as president/CEO of Health Forward Foundation. I can’t imagine a finer organization to lead. Because of my own experience as a former uninsured patient and then later an administrator within the Kansas City safety-net system, I am embracing this leadership opportunity […]

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Helping with the financial toxicity of cancer

By Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley on January 16, 2020
Executive Director
Gilda’s Club Kansas City

“I have been blessed to have great health care through my employer! I don’t know what I would have done without my great insurance! I would probably not be here,” says Caesar. “In almost nine years of treatment, my medical bills have been around $6 million, while I have paid $9,000 out of pocket! I […]

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Safety Net

Looking ahead: Health Forward policy and civic engagement in 2020

By Tania Hewett-Mader on January 9, 2020
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation

Happy New Year! While January is just like every other month, I can’t help but to enter each year with a sense of new beginnings. It feels particularly true this year, with the announcement of Qiana Thomason as our new president and CEO, and the approval of $1 million in Policy and Civic Engagement Grants […]

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Health Forward, Policy

A look back at 2019

 Health Forward's 2019 grantmaking

By Health Forward Blog Team on January 2, 2020

As we all file back to work in the new decade, we pause to celebrate a time-honored tradition here at Health Forward by recapping highlights from the previous year. Here’s how we spent some of 2019: Honoring Bridget McCandless’ service to Health Forward Foundation Dr. Bridget McCandless announced her retirement as Health Forward President/CEO in […]

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