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Heather Howard

@heatherhhoward.bsky.social
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I study and teach health policy @Princeton. Still figuring this site out.

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Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University @princetonchw.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
CHW affiliate @heatherhhoward.bsky.social shares her perspective on how the Rural Health Transformation Program is a vehicle for promoting policies addressing more than rural health. Read her piece in the @nejm.org : tinyurl.com/mr24hpws
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The Rural Health Transformation Program — An Avenue for Promoting Administrative Policies | NEJM
Beyond being a rare federal program focused on stabilizing rural health care services, the Rural Health Transformation Program represents a vehicle for advancing the administration’s health priorities...
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Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University @princetonchw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Princeton Professor @heatherhhoward.bsky.social advises Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill’s incoming administration on challenges and opportunities for the NJ Department of Health in an op-ed she co-authored for NJ Spotlight News. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/11/advi...
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health NJ transition commissioners sherrill howard o'dowd | NJ Spotlight News
Former New Jersey health commissioners Heather Howard and Mary O'Dowd offer advice to incoming Gov. Mikie Sherrill and her next commissioner.
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Wondering where health care policy is going (and how we got here?) Check out my wide-ranging conversation with @princeton.edu grad and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social senior fellow @chiquitabl.bsky.social, former CMS administrator.
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Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University @princetonchw.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Princeton Pulse Podcast, hosted by @heatherhhoward.bsky.social, addresses the future of Medicare and Medicaid, and opportunities for advancing health care equity, access, and innovation in the U.S. with former CMS Administrator @chiquitabl.bsky.social. chw.princeton.edu/news/podcast...
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PODCAST: An Insider’s View on the Future of U.S. Health Policy
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure discusses opportunities for advancing equity, access, and innovation in U.S. health care.
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
With new CDC data confirming falling childhood vaccination rates, this is an important and timely conversation examining alarming developments in US vaccine policy. Thank you @celinegounder.com and @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
As we mark Medicaid's 60th birthday, check out this podcast discussion with Janet Currie and Abuko Estrada @firstfocus.bsky.social on Medicaid's profound impact on children's health, and how the drastic cuts recently enacted in HR 1 threaten that progress.
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The House passed the biggest cut to health care in history overnight. One provision that hasn’t gotten much attention would defund Planned Parenthood centers. My op-ed analyzes what this would mean for the 23 centers in NJ. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/05/fede... @princetonchw.bsky.social
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Op-Ed: Planned Parenthood in crosshairs on Capitol Hill | NJ Spotlight News
The budget reconciliation bill being considered in Congress “will have devastating effects on public health and our health care infrastructure...”
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Just read this great breakdown on how climate policy must center racial, economic & health justice. Focus on states aligns w/@beckylopez.bsky.social & my @healthaffairs.bsky.social take: states can use Medicaid to address climate-driven health harms & protect at-risk communities shorturl.at/EmQpB
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The Emerging Role Of States In Combating Climate Change’s Health Effects | Health Affairs Forefront
Given the disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income communities of color, Medicaid has an important opportunity to meaningfully invest in communities by mitigating the health impacts of ...
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Reflecting on the ACA at 15 -- its successes and remaining challenges -- with fabulous grad student Rachel Morrow. Programs that underpin it are under threat of severe funding cuts, which jeopardize that progress. @princetonchw.bsky.social www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/03/op-e...
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Op-ed: Affordable Care Act is to be celebrated — and defended | NJ Spotlight News
“[I]t’s more imperative than ever that we defend, bolster and preserve this important law.”
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Yes! Such an important point. Although everyone will feel the health impacts of climate change, certain populations will experience its effects more severely, and Medicaid can play an important role in mitigating the harms. Read more from me and my colleague @beckylopez.bsky.social
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Marquisha Johns @marquishajohns.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Great read on how Medicaid can help address extreme heat risk for individuals. This is especially important as those who are harmed the most by extreme heat (children, pregnant people, communities of color, and people with low incomes) also tend to be covered by this critical program!
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Heather Howard @heatherhhoward.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
While we need swift global action to address climate change, states are increasingly working to mitigate the health consequences. Read about how Medicaid is addressing the impacts of extreme heat on health, including, e.g., paying for ACs and air filters. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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The Emerging Role Of States In Combating Climate Change’s Health Effects | Health Affairs Forefront
Given the disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income communities of color, Medicaid has an important opportunity to meaningfully invest in communities by mitigating the health impacts of ...
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