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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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Early View Commentary
By: Ashley N. Gearhardt, Kelly D. Brownell, Allan M. Brandt,
We appreciate the thoughtful response to our article and strongly agree that improving diet quality should remain a central public health goal. Diets… More
Early View Perspective
By: Pamela Herd,
America’s long-term care policy approach is poverty-based, requiring most older adults to spend down their assets to qualify for limited, Medicaid-funded support, which is biased toward institutional care and plagued by bureaucratic complexity and enrollment hurdles. More
Early View Original Scholarship
By: Lucinda B. Leung, Valerie P. Nguyen, Christine M. Thompson, Jasmeen J. Santos, Catherine E. Brayton, Susan L. Ettner, José J. Escarce, Alexander D. McCourt,
Telehealth can improve access to medical and mental health care for rural and under-resourced communities. More
By: Ali H. Mokdad, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Christopher J.L. Murray,
Over the past three decades, mortality from leading causes such as cardiovascular disease and cancer has declined in the United States, but the burden of chronic, disabling conditions, including musculoskeletal disorders, mental and substance use disorders, and obesity, has grown or stagnated, widening the gap between total years lived and years lived in good health. More
By: 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
By: Jonathan C. Heller,
Context: Public health is inherently political, yet it has struggled in recent decades to influence the societal decisions that shape population… More
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The Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs advances state-based efforts to make health care more affordable for residents, employers, and states.
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The Milbank State Leadership Network is a bipartisan group of state health policy leaders from both the executive and legislative branches.
The Emerging Leaders Program seeks to develop practical, hands-on leadership skills in future senior executive and legislative officials.
The Milbank Fellows Program is a leadership program for executive branch and senior legislative state government leaders committed to improving population health.
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Drawing on 25 years as a population health strategist, Milbank Memorial Fund President Debra Lubar offers insights into health policymaking.