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State Network
News Article
January 2018
State leaders from the Louisiana Department of Health traveled to Tallahassee to hear from officials about Florida’s statewide Medicaid managed… More
December 2017
One hundred and twelve health policymakers from 40 states, two local jurisdictions, and three other countries gathered this fall in St. Louis,… More
Thomas C. Alexander began his public service career in 1986, when he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives from District One,… More
Blog Post
December 2017 Christopher F. Koller,
It takes two to tango. The partners must agree on the music and the steps. After spending this fall meeting with state health policy leaders from… More
September 2017
The federal government is committed to supporting state health policy innovation, but where is the common ground in an otherwise fractured political… More
Thomas J. Betlach, director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state’s Medicaid system, is widely recognized as a… More
“Twenty-five years ago, when this foundation saw that the federal government was incapable of addressing the health care concerns of its… More
September 2017 Christopher F. Koller,
Sandy Praeger did not seek to be a leader. “Local party officials had to keep asking me,” she said of her first public position as a member of the… More
August 2017
In late July, Massachusetts signed a revised marijuana bill into law. The legislation was a long time coming, and ended two-and-a-half years of work… More
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth—the use of technology to deliver health care to patients in a setting different from… More
