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.
Commentaries and blogs on health policy.
November 2015 Sara Rosenbaum,
In a geographic region whose residents experience the nation’s highest poverty rates and the greatest health risks, Kentucky has been a leader in the expansion of the Affordable Care Act. But Medicaid’s extraordinary feat in transforming health coverage in Kentucky may not last. Newly elected Governor Matt Bevin promised to repeal the Medicaid expansion as unaffordable. A closely watched dance between Kentucky and the Obama administration will begin in early 2016. More
November 2015 Anand K. Parekh,
The buzzword in health care is value. From Medicare to the nation’s largest health care systems and payers, plans are underway to tie some portion of fee-for-service payments to value-based payment models. But how should value in health care be defined? Here, the author suggests two approaches to the value equation, one geared toward the numerator and the second toward the denominator, that could help accelerate our progress toward a greater quotient. More
October 2015 Noam N. Levey,
The advent of the 2016 presidential primary season has brought renewed calls from Republicans for complete repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As has been the case in the last 3 election cycles, full-throated attacks on “Obamacare” are de rigueur with the GOP base. Can we move past the Obamacare wars? More
August 2015 Diana M. Zuckerman,
Within days of the Supreme Court’s decision to save rather than eviscerate the Affordable Care Act, the House of Representatives did something surprising: They passed a groundbreaking health care law with strong bipartisan support. That sounds like good news. However, this groundbreaking health care law is almost as controversial as the previous one. More
June 2015 Sara Rosenbaum,
Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion in King v Burwell, which upholds health insurance subsidies for all eligible Americans regardless of where they live, virtually ends with the sentence quoted in the title of this essay. It is a declaration that brings to a close a 4-year epic journey of litigation designed to bring down the Affordable Care Act. More