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The Milbank Memorial Fund is a private foundation that works to improve population health and health equity by collaborating with leaders and decision makers. We publish The Milbank Quarterly, a journal of population health and health policy.
In a new open-access Milbank Quarterly article, Guangyi Wang of the University of California, San Francisco and coauthors studied the effects of the CTC on child health and well-being for the first time. Read the article: lnkd.in/e8xchX2B
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In a new article in NPR Shots, @joannekenen.bsky.social Kenen explains how the Big Beautiful Bill's limits on federal student loans for health professional students are expected to lead to a less diverse health care workforce. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Thank you to our excellent panel that participated in the Milbank Quarterly's session during this year's @iaphs.bsky.social on articles from the special issue, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?
September 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
‪Come check us out at @healthjournalism.org Health Journalism 2025 | Los Angeles, Calif.. #HJ25‬
May 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In a new blog, Milbank Memorial Fund’s Morgan McDonald highlights the challenges and dangers of the abrupt termination of $11 billion in federal funds that occurred on March 24 and the mass layoffs at US Department of Health and Human Services that followed. www.milbank.org/2025/04/pray...
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In a new blog released in conjunction with #NationalPublicHealthWeek, Jennifer Avegno, director of the New Orleans Health Department, explains a strong ground game — reliably listening to community members and providing core services in neighborhoods — is key to department success: buff.ly/HhzEW3y
April 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
One month into the Trump admin, the Larry A. Green Center for the Advancement of Primary Health Care for the Public Good surveyed primary care clinicians on effects of federal policy changes on their practices & patients: buff.ly/OID7uVu
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March 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In a new blog, Sarita Mohanty & @betohche.bsky.social of The SCAN Foundation discuss the impact of potential federal funding cuts to Medicaid on home- and community-based services that support activities like bathing/eating and the direct care workforce that provides these services: buff.ly/nmAoIBs
March 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
As Congress is considering significant reductions in federal spending that could affect funding for Medicaid, a new survey from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health & Gallup finds health care access & affordability is a the top public health priority for Americans: buff.ly/bTApTqU
March 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In a new blog, researchers from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health share findings from their recent survey w/ Gallup on American’s public health priorities. The survey found Americans of all ages/races/geographic regions support strengthening safety net programs: buff.ly/bTApTqU
March 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion, Sara Rosenbaum of the George Washington University describes ongoing litigation focused on the Affordable Care Act's preventive health care guarantee: buff.ly/I9Bwvsg
March 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A new Peterson-Milbank report from @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social & Karen Davenport discusses an enhanced form of health insurance rate review states can use to counter the pricing power of hospitals/health systems, reduce cost growth & provide premium relief to consumers/employers: buff.ly/41yd9q2
February 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In his latest View from Here, Milbank Memorial Fund Christopher F. Koller describes the Trump administration’s more than 60 executive orders and other actions as “a real gully washer of executive branch activity.” buff.ly/4k6hjga
February 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How’s the Health of US Primary Care? Get the latest picture as well as promising practices and policies in the 2025 Primary Care Scorecard report and state data dashboard. buff.ly/41kt9uH #PrimaryCare
February 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A smaller share of new physicians is entering primary care given the heavy workload and relatively low pay. Read the 2025 Primary Care Scorecard for more on the impact of the chronic neglect of primary care and what it means for our nation’s health. buff.ly/41kt9uH #PrimaryCare
February 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The US undervalues primary care relative to other specialties. Read the 2025 Primary Care Scorecard for more on the impact of the chronic neglect of primary care and what it means for our nation’s health. buff.ly/41kt9uH #PrimaryCare @aafp.org
February 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
While Dolly Parton’s rewrite of her hit “Jolene” successfully promoted the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, vaccine hesitancy has since spread widely to even routine childhood vaccines. In a blog, Morgan McDonald draws on the evidence/experience as a public health officer to offer guidance buff.ly/42IGAqo
February 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How’s the health of US primary care? Find out in the latest US Primary Care Scorecard Webinar moderated by @joannekenen.bsky.social on Feb. 18 at 12 pm ET. With The Physicians Foundation and the @aafp.org's Robert Graham Center

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February 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Join a webinar on the 2024 US Primary Care Scorecard to learn how chronic underinvestment is threatening our communities’ health on Feb 18 at 12 pm ET. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM