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Social drivers of health State Health Policy
June 2026 Andrew Fenelon,
Housing is a fundamental social determinant of health and is particularly amenable to policy intervention. More
Commercial Determinants of Health
June 2026 John E. McDonough,
I’ve been examining how public policies have facilitated the transformation of America’s health and medical care systems into today’s financialized and commercialized realities. More
June 2026 Mary Louise Gilburg,
When Georgetown University’s Larry Gostin arrived in Geneva for the World Health Assembly in late May, the World Health Organization (WHO) was… More
Global Health
June 2026 Lawrence O. Gostin,
When I arrived in Geneva for the World Health Assembly in late May, the World Health Organization (WHO) was scrambling to contain two extremely… More
June 2026
In partnership with the Center for Aging and Policy Studies and Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University, The Milbank Quarterly will publish a special issue to advance knowledge on the connections between policies and population health in a changing US context. More
Health Insurance
June 2026 Leighton Ku,
Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration projects are widely used to test innovative policies but are subject to “budget neutrality” limits so that federal expenditures do not exceed what the federal government would have spent if the project was not adopted. More
Health Equity Population Health
June 2026 Kellee White Whilby, Makeda Walelo, Heron Bondoc,
Racial equity impact assessments (REIAs) are used by local governments to integrate equity considerations into policymaking and decision-making processes by evaluating potential impacts of proposed legislation before enactment. More
Population Health
June 2026 Sara N. Bleich, Hilary Seligman,
From 2021 to 2025, federal nutrition assistance policy in the United States shifted rapidly from expansion to contraction, with major implications for food insecurity, diet quality, and chronic disease risk. More
Milbank State Leadership Network
June 2026 Michelle Morse, Robert Rock,
When studying heat maps produced by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Department, and digging into the endless tables of data… More
Social drivers of health
May 2026 Rashawn Ray, Keon Gilbert,
The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any peer nation, and its criminal justice system disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. More
