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.
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The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
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State Health Policy Leadership
March 2025 Sofia Espinosa, Mary Louise Gilburg, Morgan McDonald,
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Milbank Memorial Fund convened the second of two virtual meetings in support of the multi-state Secretary’s Postpartum Maternal Health Collaborative. More
Report Primary Care Transformation
March 2025 Vida Foubister,
More people in the United States are struggling to find appointments with a primary care doctor or clinic for checkups and sick visits. In fact, 30%… More
Sustainable Health Care Costs
February 2025 Sabrina Corlette, Karen Davenport,
Unsustainable increases in health care costs are leading to high rates of medical debt, sapping the vitality of small businesses, straining state budgets, and dampening wage growth. States have the power to help reduce health care costs, and several are pursuing policies to do so. More
February 2025 Christopher F. Koller,
The new federal administration is implementing its strategy of, as one if its puppet masters, Steve Bannon, likes to say, “flooding the zone.” Over the course of three weeks, it has released over 50 executive orders and taken administrative actions designed to abolish agencies, flush out a swath of the government workforce, and test the constitutional balance of powers. Collectively this is a real gully washer of executive branch activity. The state and local health officials that Milbank supports are leaders in the communities at the mouth of the gully who are dealing with all that is washing out to them. More
February 2025
Informed by the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2021 report on primary care and an advisory committee of key… More
Report
Despite the dire picture much of these data paint for the state of primary care, there are bright spots where primary care is flourishing. Yet more… More
EHRs, as currently designed and implemented, continue to be a burden for primary care practices Primary care clinicians spend more time on… More
Financially strained primary care practices discourage students from choosing primary care careers Rebuilding the primary care workforce will… More
Underinvestment and fee-for-service payment leads to practice inefficiencies and decreased capacity The ongoing lack of investment in primary… More
Primary care is the foundation of any health care system that delivers timely, high-quality, and equitable care. Yet, in the United States, we have… More
