The Milbank Quarterly Opinion

Though children are said to have—on average—the least dangerous response to novel coronavirus infections, in other ways, kids have been…  More

If we have (re-)learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that any new health shock is borne differentially by those of different…  More

The ambition of the Biden-Harris campaign’s national health reform plan is easy to overlook, in part, because of the relatively modest sound of an…  More

President-elect Joe Biden has proposed a federal public option similar to Medicare as the centerpiece of his health policy agenda, though the details…  More

The deaths of Robert Saylor, Laquan McDonald, Quintonio LeGrier, Dantre Hamilton, Walter Wallace and so many others underscore the repeated failure of…  More

For those who think elections don’t matter, take a look at the climate change discussion in the past few weeks.  More

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the world’s leading public health agency, so admired that whole regions and countries…  More

The principle of “paying for value rather than volume” has been touted by health policy experts as one of the most important ways to improve…  More

Many advocates hope that addressing the quality of housing, or similar social needs, can help us escape from the quagmire of ever-increasing US health…  More

With the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election now decided, the new Biden administration faces enormous challenges as it prepares to assume office…  More