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Report Primary Care Transformation Sustainable Health Care Costs
February 2025 Robert Seifert, Emma Rourke, Mary Jo Condon,
Abstract State governments have created a pathway to improve health care affordability by setting targets (or benchmarks) for annual cost growth.… More
Informed by the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2021 report on primary care and an advisory committee of key… More
State Health Policy Leadership
February 2025 Morgan McDonald,
In the spring of 2021, my favorite T-shirt to wear on the soccer sidelines sported an image of Dolly Parton singing “Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacceeeeeene” to the tune of “Jolene.” Parton herself sang the rewritten lyrics repeatedly urging Tennesseans to accept the COVID-19 vaccine. It prompted countless conversations about how the vaccine was made, where people could get it, and how safe it was. As a state public health official, my colleagues and I were rejoicing at how quickly the Trump administration had indeed delivered on a several vaccine options less than a year into the pandemic. More
Issue Brief Sustainable Health Care Costs
January 2025 Anna Rothenberg, Michael Bailit,
This brief outlines seven potential strategies to address high and rapidly rising hospital prices, accompanied by examples from states that have successfully implemented these approaches. More
January 2025 Susan S. Stuard ,
State policymakers have struggled with the unintended consequences of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated drug approval process for… More
Fact Sheet Sustainable Health Care Costs
January 2025
In a two-part primer for legislators, the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs explains health care cost trends and leading cost drivers, as well as state policies to track and slow health care spending. More
Fact Sheet Milbank State Leadership Network
January 2025 Sofia Espinosa, Mary Louise Gilburg,
EVENT DATE: December 23, 2024 Community health workers, promotores, and community health representatives (CHW/P/CHR) address… More
January 2025 Steve Downs,
Which companies have the biggest impact on Americans’ health? Drug companies? Hospital systems? What about restaurant chains like McDonald’s or… More
December 2024 Adriana Cadena,
State Medicaid agencies may soon face significant state and federal budget cuts and policy changes. As the policy and fiscal environment changes, the… More
December 2024 Christopher F. Koller,
Saying “no” is hard. It makes others unhappy, so people avoid it when they can — whether they are telling kids or constituents they can’t get… More