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.
Rapidly rising health care costs are burdening states, employers, and families and crowding out spending on other priorities. As a result, a growing number of states are seeking solutions to improve health care affordability.
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To help states improve the affordability of health care, the Milbank Memorial Fund focuses on policies such as setting a statewide health care cost growth rate target, regulation of health care prices, and oversight of the health care market.
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