The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
The Fund identifies and shares policy ideas and analysis to advance state health leadership, strong primary care, and sustainable health care costs.
Keep up with news and updates from the Milbank Memorial Fund. And read the latest blogs from our thought leaders, including Fund President Christopher F. Koller.
The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is is a foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
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Early View Original Scholarship
By: Mark Schlesinger, Deepon Bhaumik,
Context: Health insurance reform in the United States has focused on expanding enrollment, a goal inhibited by complex insurance provisions. Research… More
Early View Perspective
By: Rachel Donnelly, Mateo P. Farina,
Mental health (e.g., anxiety, depression) continues to be a major public health concern in the United States that impacts millions of individuals, their families, and communities. Approximately 21% of adults 18 years and older, or 55 million adults, reported symptoms of recent depression in 2022, demonstrating the wide reach of mental health challenges. More
By: Jonathan Purtle, Amanda I Mauri, David Frederick,
In this article, we provide an overview of emergent models for funding crisis systems in the United States and the policy and service contexts related to these models. Our review assesses the status of crisis system financing recommendations proposed by Hogan and Goldman proposed in 2020 and complements prior reports about financing crisis services. More
By: Briana S. Last, Jane M. Zhu,
Access to affordable, effective, timely, and appropriate behavioral health (BH) care remains elusive for most Americans despite health insurance… More
By: Jane M. Zhu, Ruth Rowland, Inga Suneson, Deborah J. Cohen, K. John McConnell, Daniel Polsky,
Context: Behavioral health access gaps are well documented in Medicaid, in which managed care now covers most enrollees, and for which there are… More
By: Constanza Hurtado-Acuna, Michael S. Rendall,
Context: The 2015 to 2020 Delaware Contraceptive Access Now (DelCAN) initiative was motivated by Delaware’s having among the highest rates of… More
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The Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs advances state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
The Milbank State Leadership Network is a bipartisan group of state health policy leaders from both the executive and legislative branches.
The Emerging Leaders Program seeks to develop practical, hands-on leadership skills in future senior executive and legislative officials.
The Milbank Fellows Program is a leadership program for executive branch and senior legislative state government leaders committed to improving population health.
Keep up with news and updates from the Milbank Memorial Fund.
Short takes from Milbank Memorial Fund staff and guest authors on research and policies that affect population health.
Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher Koller and other staff offer their perspectives on both the latest and perennial issues in population health.
