In a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion, Dalton Conley of Princeton University reviews evidence from Canada, Brazil, and the United States to assess whether universal basic income improves population health.

In a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion, Catherine Ettman and Andrew Anderson of the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social of Public Health argue that financial stability is a form of preventive public health.

How can states ensure their health care workforce investments are aligned with residents’ health care needs? A Roadmap for Building and Implementing a Comprehensive State Graduate Medical Education Strategy from the @uncshepscenter.bsky.social offers actionable guidance: bit.ly/4dWAPLk #GME

A new framework from @milbankfund.bsky.social outlines how to better evaluate spending, quality and outcomes to help make the case for stronger, sustained investment in primary care. Worth a read ⬇️ www.milbank.org/2026/03/a-fr...

Today’s #FindingsFriday insight comes from a NEW @milbankfund.bsky.social article led by CSHP and @rutgerssph.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ericaeliason.bsky.social. It evaluates how continuous coverage requirements led to changes in #postpartum #Medicaid paid care: go.rutgers.edu/slsqbwt8

How do we know if primary care spending investments work? A collective of primary care policy researchers has created a framework for evaluating initiatives to increase primary care spending. Read a State of Health post to learn more about their framework, which emphasizes practice-level domains.

A new Milbank Quarterly guest Opinion argue that the US risks losing ground on recent health equity gains as technological innovation and high-cost clinical care overshadow investments in prevention and the social determinants of health.

This week's #WednesdayWisdom comes from a recent @milbankfund.bsky.social blog authored by CSHP’s Margaret Koller and Joe Brecht. They reflect on the implementation of the #NJiPHD Project and offer lessons for states looking to integrate their #data for #research: go.rutgers.edu/rpb875xd

This brief outlines state strategies to build essential Medicare capacity — helping Medicaid programs respond to federal rules, onboard new staff, & adapt integration efforts as the Medicare landscape evolves. bit.ly/47zf1Bt

More than 1 in 10 traditional Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth in the first half of 2025, but most Medicare telehealth flexibilities expire at the end of 2027. Our brief breaks down the current rules and what’s next for coverage, access, and policy: https://on.kff.org/40TR2cy

A new Q&A tells the story of how Sen. Alice Mann and Former Rep Ruth Richardson passed paid leave in Minnesota after working closely with a large and diverse coalition. #paidleave

Excited for this new publication in Milbank Quarterly! Using Medicaid claims, @rgourevitch.bsky.social, @maria-steenland.bsky.social and I find that extended Medicaid during COVID-19 was associated with increases in postpartum coverage, ED visits, and behavioral health diagnoses tinyurl.com/yfmbxtwz

Join a Milbank Quarterly webinar, The Engineering and Regulation of Ultraprocessed Foods, on April 13 to discuss relevant research, lessons from tobacco prevention and control efforts, and steps to restrict ultraprocessed foods in SNAP. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

For rural communities, access to primary care can shape both health outcomes and health care costs. NASHP’s latest RHTP blog highlights proposed primary care approaches related to access, workforce, and service delivery. Find more proposed RHTP strategies here loom.ly/7i9Tj9Y

A new States of Health explains how the American Academy of Actuaries' Health Equity Committee is developing a framework for evaluations for private and public health plans that includes new measures, such as improved health or improved productivity, employee satisfaction, and retention.

New Jersey is one state that’s integrating its state datasets to improve population health research and inform policy decision-making. Find out how it’s working—and what lessons it offers for other states in a new post from the @rutgerscshp.bsky.social www.milbank.org/2026/03/inte...

In her new On Balance: Policies for Health post, Milbank Memorial Fund President Debra Lubar discusses smallpox eradication and some of the factors that contributed to smallpox’s spread that we still see today, including social drivers of health, inadequate access to health care, and more.

As public health systems face federal funding cuts and growing threats from infectious and chronic disease, a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion highlights public health bonds as a way to sustain infrastructure and improve health.

New insurer-provided data is shedding light on the wide variation in health care prices. Find out what it shows and how state regulators and health care purchasers can use it to lower heath care costs. #healthcarecosts #pricetransparency

Richard Payerchin compiled some great interviews on @milbankfund.bsky.social's new report on the importance of investing in primary care to combat chronic disease. Give the transcripts a quick read below in @medicaleconomics.bsky.social ⬇️ www.medicaleconomics.com/view/primary...

My latest personal reflections for @milbankfund.bsky.social: Engaging the Victim’s Voice in Public Safety Research. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

Primary care has the power to prevent chronic disease and improve outcomes; however, primary care does not get the funding it needs. Read more from Yalda Jabbarpour, MD, on this year's Robert Graham Center report and how this research fuels our advocacy. https://bit.ly/4aUPZ0q

OBBA/HR 1 introduced a federal work requirement for certain Medicaid beneficiaries. A new open-access Perspective outlines a framework for engaging primary care clinics and community pharmacies in work requirement verification given their contact w/ beneficiaries & Medicaid billing mechanisms

Primary care saves lives and lowers costs, new study from the Robert Graham Center, @milbankfund.bsky.social and the Physicians Foundation reaffirms. Patients with a primary care clinician have 54% lower health care spending for chronic disease. Read the full report here: https://buff.ly/imnmX6E

Join The Milbank Memorial Fund & The Physicians Foundation for a webinar THIS THURSDAY Feb 12, at 2 pm ET, on the findings and policy implications of the Health of US Primary Care report on the role of primary care in the prevention and management of chronic disease. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

All-payer claims databases can provide insights into state health care spending, but cross-state analysis is challenging. Learn about the largest APCD collaboration to date in a new States of Health post led by Onpoint Health Data: www.milbank.org/2026/01/a-fi...

As Superbowl Sunday approaches, Milbank President Debra Lubar considers what the evolution of football, a dangerous game, can tell us about health policy decision-making @debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social, @tfah.bsky.social @nacchoalerts.bsky.social @asthonews.bsky.social @nashphealth.bsky.social

ICYMI: Check out, “Advancing Equity: Lean Leader Practices and a Path Forward”

Join our webinar, Winning Public Trust Through Better Health Communication, TOMORROW, February 4 @ 2PM, to hear from leading communicators @joannekenen.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social, @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & top health officials from Maine & Missouri us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The ultra-processed food industry is designing, marketing, and distributing their products like tobacco, according to a new Milbank Quarterly article by Ashely N. Gearhardt of the @umich.edu and Kelly Brownell, and Allan M. Brandt. @vitalstrategies.org

Don’t miss this Milbank Quarterly Perspective, “From Disappointment to Predominance: Medicare Advantage’s Ascendancy and Transformation of Medicare” by Rick Mayes and Micah Johnson.

ICYMI: Read a recent Milbank Quarterly Perspective by @Hannah Rahim and @akesselheim.bsky.social on the impact of state prescription drug price transparency laws. @familiesusa.bsky.social

ICYMI: Check out, “Turf Wars: How Growth and Competitive Shocks Have Affected the Performance and Stability of Community Health Centers,” an open-access Milbank Quarterly article by @justinmarkowski.bsky.social of the @uicpublichealth.bsky.social

Don’t miss the open-access Milbank Quarterly article, “Incarceration and Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Among Black Americans” by Abhery Das, Michael Esposito, Tim Bruckner, and Hedwig Lee

Hear ASTHO members Puthiery Va (Maine CDC) and Sarah Willson (Missouri DHSS), and ASTHO alum Joshua Sharfstein (@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social) address the importance public health communications during @milbankfund.bsky.social's Feb. 4 webinar. Link below.

A premium that’s more than a mortgage and a deductible that’s too high to meet. The rising cost of health care is pushing middle-income people to the brink. @renukarayasam.bsky.social reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Don’t miss this open-access Milbank Quarterly Perspective, “A Policy and Regulatory Framework to Promote Care Delivery Redesign and Production Efficiency in Health Care Markets” by Dennis Scanlon, Jillian Harvey, Cheryl L. Damberg, Pratiksha Mahendra Bhagat & Yunfeng Shi

In a recent open-access Milbank Quarterly article, Devin English of the Rutgers School of Public Health and coauthors examine associations from police and social services expenditures to later suicides and police-perpetrated killings for Black and White residents.

ICYMI: Read a recent Milbank Quarterly Perspective on using corporate nonfinancial reporting to understand the impact of corporate practices on health by Raquel Burgess of Yale School of Public Health.

ICYMI, check out “State Health Care Cost Commissions: Their Priorities and How States’ Political Leanings, Commercial Hospital Prices, and Medicaid Spending Predict Their Establishment” by Brent Fulton, Dan Arnold, Jordan M. Wolf & Richard Scheffler in The Milbank Quarterly.

For a recent open-access Milbank Quarterly article, Constanza Hurtado Acuña and Michael Rendall researched the impact of Delaware’s statewide contraceptive initiative.

Join The Milbank Memorial Fund & The Physicians Foundation for a webinar on February 12, at 2 pm ET, on the findings and policy implications of the Health of US Primary Care report on the role of primary care in the prevention and management of chronic disease.

Join the Milbank Memorial Fund’s February 4 webinar, Winning Public Trust Through Better Health Communication, to hear from leading communicators @joannekenen.bsky.social @drjoshs.bsky.social @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social & top health officials from Maine & Missouri us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This blog post explores key opportunities & challenges for Medicaid primary care population-based payment implementation, highlighting priority areas for states to refine model design. bit.ly/4qCR581 @commonwealthfund.org @arnoldventures.bsky.social

CA HHS Assistant Secretary Kimberly Chen saw an opportunity to bring more transparency to pharmacy benefit managers, which negotiate prices on behalf of insurers/employers, but may also drive drug costs. Hear how she developed and helped pass 2025 legislation to license PBMs in a new Q&A.

Join us as we talk about (among other things) our new book “Information Sick” - and communication, trust and public health

How can public health leaders, state policymakers, and others strengthen communication about evidence-based health issues? By joining our February 4 webinar. Hear from panelists @joannekenen.bsky.social, @drjoshs.bsky.social, @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social, & health officials from Maine & Missouri.

In a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion, Sara Rosenbaum argues the DOJ decision to weaken enforcement of the Civil Rights Act’s provision barring discrimination in federally assisted programs challenges the legal foundation for eliminating discriminatory barriers in public health & health care.

A new global health care payment model, launched by Nemours.bsky.social and Delaware Medicaid, is designed to improve long-term outcomes for children and financial stability for providers. Read more from Karan Odom Walker. #Delaware