The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
A bipartisan group of state health policymakers from both the executive and legislative branches who are focused on improving population health.
Networks of state officials, advocates, and others aiming to invest in and transform primary care.
A program dedicated to advancing state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
A leadership development program for early and mid-career state government officials who are committed to improving the health of all people in their communities.
A leadership program for senior state government officials who are committed to improving population health.
The Fund focuses on creating an affordable health care system built on strong primary care and partnerships that improve health outcomes for all.
Improving state leaders’ ability to enact and implement evidence-based health policies.
Advancing policies that create a more prevention- and primary care-oriented health system.
Improving population health through policies that contain health care cost growth.
Our state health policy resources offer relevant data analysis and best practices.
The Fund publishes reports, issues briefs, and case studies on state health policy issues.
Short takes on health policy issues from Milbank staff and guest authors.
Insights from Milbank President Debra Lubar on state health policymaking.
Reported articles and Q&As on timely health policy issues, as well as foundation updates.
Milbank Memorial Fund and Milbank Quarterly webinars featuring state health policymakers and researchers.
Updates and expert contact information for reporters.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is a private foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
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Quarterly Opinion
August 2023 Harold A. Pollack, Nate Glasser, Selwyn Rogers, Jr.,
Not long ago, some of us were asked to attend a meeting at our institution on the topic of development and employment opportunities for young people… More
July 2023 Sandro Galea,
The recent Supreme Court ruling striking down decades of race-based affirmative action in college admissions has reopened, once again, the national… More
Quarterly Article
July 2023 Eli K. Michaels, Tracy Lam-Hine, Thu T. Nguyen, Gilbert C. Gee, Amani M. Allen,
Cultural racism is a pervasive social toxin that surrounds all other dimensions of racism to produce and maintain racial health inequities. Yet, cultural racism has received relatively little attention in the public health literature. More
June 2023 Kevin Fiscella, Ronald M. Epstein,
Health matters to people and society. People generally desire to live longer, continue to function independently, and experience well-being throughout… More
May 2023 Arrianna Marie Planey, Donald A. Planey, Sandy Wong, Sara L. McLafferty, Michelle J. Ko,
Rural places affected by rural hospital closures have greater travel burdens for acute care. Across the rural South, racial/ethnic inequities in spatial access to acute care are most pronounced when travel times to the second nearest open acute care hospital are accounted for. More
April 2023 Jeff Niederdeppe, Jiawei Liu, Mikaela Spruill, Neil A. Lewis Jr., Steven Moore, Erika Franklin Fowler, Sarah E. Gollust,
Context: Long-standing racial inequities in health and well-being are shaped by racialized public policies that perpetuate disadvantage among Black,… More
April 2023 Paula Braveman,
Preterm birth (PTB)—birth before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy—is among the most important indicators of a population’s health. It is the… More
April 2023 Roshanak Mehdipanah,
This Perspective demonstrates that housing insecurity—which encompasses the dimensions of housing unaffordability, inaccessibility, and inadequacy—is a major public health issue with strong ramifications affecting households, neighborhoods, and cities. More
April 2023 Ninez A. Ponce, Riti Shimkhada, Paris B. Adkins-Jackson,
In this commentary, we focus on data equity in racialized and minoritized groups by commenting on the institutional commitments, notably community-partnered initiatives put forth as priorities by the Biden Administration in 2021. More
April 2023 Paula M. Lantz, Katherine Michelmore, Michelle H. Moniz, Okeoma Mmeje, William G. Axinn, Kayte Spector-Bagdady,
The Dobbs decision reversed a nearly 50-year precedent of constitutionally protected federal access to abortion nationwide, relegating its legal oversight back to individual states and territories. In the absence of a constitutionally protected right to abortion care, states are now free to set strict legal parameters around access to abortion.3 More