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Commentary and analysis from Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher F. Koller and other staff.
February 2019
Health care costs comprise an expansive and poorly mapped forest. There are plenty of fearful features to the wilderness, including rising… More
January 2019
I teach a public health course on the US health system. As the grizzled realist in the room, I remind my bright-eyed “public healthers” that being… More
December 2018
Sigmund Freud said, “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” That insight—that productive labor and positive human relationships… More
November 2018
Dear Newly Elected Governor: Congratulations on your victory on November 6th and for assembling successful campaign messages that resonated with so… More
October 2018
The “sandwich generation” refers to folks who look after both older family members and their own kids. These people—often in their 40s and… More
A couple of years ago, a graduate school professor with deep and senior health policy experience at the state and federal levels looked at me with … More
September 2018
For the last eight years, the US health care system, led by Medicare, has been going to school, learning how to do comprehensive provider payment… More
August 2018
Things had gone very wrong for Aaron and the Israelites. The brother of Moses had lost both of his sons after they dared to approach God directly,… More
July 2018
My uncle did not kick her out, but he made it hard for the home health care worker to do her job. It’s just that he loved his wife of 60 years so… More
June 2018
Maryland—the land of crabs, the Chesapeake Bay, loyal Orioles fans, and a 1970s era hospital rate-setting scheme that nobody ever got around to unwinding—vaulted to the top of the interest list for pointy-headed health policy types in 2013 when officials renegotiated the terms of their agreement with Medicare. More
