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 Article
September 2026 Lisa Carter-Bawa,
Context: Despite substantial evidence that stigma produces measurable health inequities across conditions and populations, stigma remains absent from… More
Quarterly Opinion
August 2026 Mona Hanna, H. Luke Shaefer,
Public health has become remarkably good at mapping geographic disparities in health. Color-coded maps of infant mortality, childhood lead exposure,… More
August 2026 Mark D. Hayward, Mateo P. Farina,
In this perspective, we have reviewed the historical evidence on the association between education and health in the United States, arguing that attention to public policies related to both education and technology are fundamentally important in understanding historical changes in the educational divide in life expectancy. More
June 2026 Andrew Fenelon,
Housing is a fundamental social determinant of health and is particularly amenable to policy intervention. More
May 2026 Rashawn Ray, Keon Gilbert,
The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any peer nation, and its criminal justice system disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. More
April 2026 Dalton Conley,
To make a point, the Marxist sociologist Erik Olin Wright (1997) once borrowed a character from the 1960s comic strip Lil’ Abner: a big blobby… More
February 2026 Anthony Iton, PRITPAL S. TAMBER, Gina Massuda Barnett, Rachel Rubin, Adam Kader, Christina R. Welter, Elizabeth Fisher, Jennifer Ybarra, Pamela Agustin-Anguiano, Greg Bonett, Jeanne Ayers, Meredith Minkler,
Disparities in health often arise due to unfair or unjust social arrangements making them inequities. These social arrangements are codified through structures—laws, policies, regulations, practices, and norms. More
February 2026 Madonna Harrington Meyer, Colleen M. Heflin,
The number of older Americans who are food insecure is growing, yet a recent Trump administration decision to terminate data collection of the annual Food Security Supplement will make it impossible to fully track this growth. More
February 2026 Julianna Pacheco, Nicole Novak, Samantha Deragon, Stephanie Schmitt,
We broaden our understanding of community power by going beyond traditional measures of voting and voting rights. Our objectives are to (1) create county-level measures of community power that are more expansive than voting and (2) explore the descriptive and geographic patterns of community power. More
February 2026 Michael O. Emerson, Lauren Anderson, Jecorey Arthur, Nancy Seay, Ted Smith,
The United States lags far behind other comparable nations on health indicators. To promote population health in cities, we argue for the right to Universal Basic Neighborhoods (UBN). More