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Early View Original Scholarship
December 2025

The 2021 Child Tax Credit and Children’s Health and Well-Being: Evidence From a National Longitudinal Study

By:  Guangyi Wang Daniel F. Collin Deborah Karasek Rita Hamad

Context: In July 2021, to alleviate material hardship, Congress temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC), one of the largest income transfer… More

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Early View From the Editor
December 2025

Pseudoscience, Subterfuge, and Civil Resistance

By:  Alan B. Cohen

With each passing day, the United States federal government introduces yet another policy that threatens, rather than promotes, the health and… More

Early View Original Scholarship
December 2025

Health Effects of the 2021 Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion on Young Adults Without Children

By:  Abdinasir K. Ali Emily C. Dore Rita Hamad

In 2021, Congress expanded the earned income tax credit (EITC)—the largest US poverty alleviation program—to young adults without children who had previously been ineligible. More

Early View Perspective
November 2025

Now What? Neighborhood Nursing’s Answer to the US Health Care Paradox of Spending More but Getting Less

By:  ANDRE NOGUEIRA MARGARET M. FITZPATRICK ASHLEY GRESH KENNEDY MCDANIEL TIFFANY J. RISER TERRANCE LINDSAY RANDI WOODS ADEDOYIN EISAPE LISA STAMBOLIS ALICIA COOKE BRUCE LEFF ELIANA PERRIN REGINA HAMMOND Sarah L. Szanton

Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other nation, the United States experiences declining life expectancy and increasing chronic disease burden—a paradox reflecting fundamental limitations in the current treatment-centered, facility-based care system. This paper introduces Neighborhood Nursing, an innovative universal care infrastructure designed to shift the US healthcare toward proactive, prevention-centered care organized geographically in neighborhoods. More

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Original Scholarship
October 2025

Trends in Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Funding and Its Relationship to Nursing Home Resident Care

By:  Katherine A. Kennedy Cyrus Kosar Madison S. Williams Kali S. Thomas

Context: Funded partially by the Older Americans Act, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (LTCOPs) provide a critical role in serving as… More

Special Issue: Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges
October 2025

How Did Medicaid’s 1115 Substance Use Disorder Waivers Increase Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder? Evidence From Eight Waiver States

By:  STEPHAN R. LINDNER JENNIFER HALL BRYNNA MANIBUSAN JORDAN BYERS KYLE HART ANDREA BARON Dennis McCarty K. John McConnell Deborah J. Cohen

Starting in 2015, states could apply for section 1115 substance use disorder (SUD) waivers to strengthen their continuum of care for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). More

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Opinions

Harold A. Pollack
November, 2025

Medicaid’s Essential Investments to Address Health-Related Social Needs

nsider the story of John Miller, a fictionalized Chicagoan, who lives with a serious mental illness and co-occurring addiction disorders. He recently left a psychiatric inpatient facility.  Estranged from his family, Mr. Miller was on the verge of becoming street homeless.   More
Sherry Glied
November, 2025

Where Next for Health Policy?

Despite all the criticism, the ACA has had notable success in achieving its objectives.   More
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November, 2025

Public Concern about Threats to Public Health and Science Remains Modest 

US adults’ awareness of actions threatening public health and science declined between March and September 2025, according to a new survey.  More
Paul T. Kim
November, 2025

The New Politics of New Drug Approval

As feared at the start of the second Trump Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proven a willing good soldier in fulfilling the…  More
Joshua M. Sharfstein
October, 2025

What Could Be Wrong with “Gold Standard Science”?

If repetition is the mother of learning, then I am learning that the second Trump administration likes to use the term “gold standard science.” It is…  More
Paula M. Lantz
October, 2025

The Impact of Restrictive State Abortion Laws: State of the Research Evidence in 2025

Despite the dynamic and multidimensional nature of the legal landscape for abortion, the negative effects of restrictive state abortion policies are beginning to emerge.   More

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Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?

In June, The Milbank Quarterly will publish a special issue of articles that address state strategies to improve mental and behavioral health, including approaches to strengthening the behavioral health workforce, leveraging AI to address the overdose crisis, and much more. Individual articles are publishing on a rolling basis.

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Continuously published since 1923, The Milbank Quarterly features peer-reviewed original research, policy review, and analysis from academics, clinicians, and policymakers.

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Christopher F. Koller

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Tara Strome

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