About one-third of Americans who qualify for public assistance haven't signed up. That amounts to millions of people needlessly going without food stamps, low-income housing or health insurance.
This predicament is what RealBenefits, a Boston-based software start-up, was created to solve. The five-person firm's Web database circumvents complicated government paperwork with easy-to-use screening and enrollment tools. So far RealBenefits has connected nearly 100,000 families to more than $371 million in government aid since 2000.
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A Modern Healthcare article featured the release of Community Catalyst's report on the trend in Catholic health systems growing and exerting greater influence as they control more hospitals and physician practices.
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A report on economic and productivity benefits of better pay for direct care workers from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, co-authored by Center Research Director Marc Cohen, was featured in McKnight's Senior Living.
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