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.
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December 2022
The COVID pandemic highlighted weaknesses in the US health care system that continue to affect the access to, and the equity and quality of, health, social, and long-term services. Our top 10 most-read publications of 2022 (not including Milbank Quarterly articles) covered policy approaches to these gaps, including coordinated state plans to strengthen the direct care workforce; federal action to improve nursing facility quality; policies to bolster primary care for underserved populations; and two states’ approaches to connecting residents with social supports. More
This conversation with Colorado State Senator Cleave Simpson and North Dakota State Health Officer Nizar Wehbi, MD, is the first in a series focused on policymaker “origin stories”—and how their backgrounds have influenced and inspired their public service. More
November 2022
Concerns about the affordability of health care have been increasing over time and will be exacerbated in the short run by high rates of inflation… More
Next month, Richard Gottfried, chair of the New York State Assembly’s health committee, will retire after 52 years of service as a legislator. In a Q&A with Milbank Memorial Fund’s Kate McEvoy, Rep. Gottfried reflects on his career and the importance of borrowing good ideas from other states through groups like Milbank’s network of state policymakers. Rep. Gottfried also discusses how he has worked across the aisle, mentored new legislators, and what he sees as today’s urgent health policy challenges. More
October 2022
Last June, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health requested input from the public — including providers, payers, purchasers, advocates researchers, and others — about the federal government’s role in strengthening primary health care. More
September 2022
Susan Kansagra, MD, North Carolina’s State Health Officer and Director of the North Carolina Division of Public Health, spoke with the Milbank Memorial Fund about North Carolina’s coordinated monkeypox public health response and her advice for state officials. More
July 2022
Each year, the Milbank Memorial Fund invests in the development of state and county leaders who are committed to advancing population health and… More
June 2022
Health care access issues have long posed challenges for health officials in Mississippi, a rural state with the nation’s largest percentage of African Americans. More
In a Q&A with Milbank, Mayes describes what drives his leadership in state vocational rehabilitation, which offers employment-related services to those with functional, developmental, cognitive, emotional, or other disabilities. More
117-year-old foundation publicly apologizes for its role in the study and launches partnership with Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation June 11,… More
