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.
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The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
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December 2025
North Carolina’s much-heralded Medicaid experiment, which addressed social drivers of health like food, housing, and transportation more broadly and systematically than in other states, is on the brink. More
October 2025
Debra Lubar, PhD, who served in leadership roles at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under five administrations, will become the Milbank Memorial Fund’s 11th president on December 1, 2025, succeeding Christopher Koller More
September 2025
The Milbank Quarterly was pleased to present its Early Career Award in Population Health to Lauren Gaydosh, PhD, an Associate Professor of Sociology and faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at the 2025 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference in September. More
The third annual analysis of spending growth trends across cost growth target states finds all five exceeded their targets. More
Welcoming the 2025-26 Milbank State Leadership Program Cohorts As federal health agencies contract and fewer federal dollars are allocated… More
August 2025
How can policymakers and institutions of higher learning comply with the law — and acknowledge the political climate — and still develop the high quality, excellent, and diverse health workforces that the country needs? More
June 2025
In collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, The Milbank Quarterly invited population health researchers to… More
In a new Health Affairs Forefront article, Milbank Memorial Fund president Christopher Koller discusses the role of health care cost growth target programs in spurring policy change to lower cost growth. More
A new Milbank Quarterly study finds that the evidence base supporting policies that restrict social media use like school cell phone bans and anti-cyberbullying laws has significant limitations. More
May 2025
On May 12, the Rhode Island Cost Trends Steering Committee and the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner hosted their annual public forum on health care affordability and quality. s. On the same day, the Massachusetts Senate held a hearing for Senate Bill 867, which would establish a primary care spending target. More
