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Tara Strome

@tlantz.bsky.social
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COO of Milbank Memorial Fund and Managing Editor, the Milbank Quarterly. Cats, quilting, gardening, & population health & health policy

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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The tamer of the shrew
Gray 18-year-old lady cat that caught 3 shrew in the past week looking wistfully out glass screen door
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
At a publishing conference where the entire program is centered on AI solutions to problems created by AI (like this example) and I think this might be the bad place.
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I’m sorry, what?
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A house near me had a large Trump sign for the campaign and then a small Trump sign for the past year that slowly moved farther from the road but was still visible. It has been taken down this weekend.
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Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
My latest personal reflections for @milbankfund.bsky.social: Engaging the Victim’s Voice in Public Safety Research. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
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Engaging the Victim’s Voice in Public Safety Research | Milbank Memorial Fund
I recently attended a National Institutes of Health (NIH) meeting concerned with criminal justice interventions. Speakers emphasized the importance of involving people with lived experience—which ever...
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I’m sorry, what
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...
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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"Give us the funding or we name the Port Authority Bus Terminal after you"
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH @mtosterholm.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Dr. William H. Foege, a towering figure in global public health whose visionary leadership changed the course of human history. Bill's contributions to the eradication of smallpox stand as one of the most extraordinary achievements in medicine and epidemiology.
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Join us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar THIS Friday, January 9th from 12-1 ET drawing from articles on developing and implementing opioid settlement fund policies from our special issue, Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Facing the United States: What Can State Policymakers Do?
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Milbank Quarterly Webinar: Opioid Settlement Funds: Policy Recommendations and Implementation Insights. After registering, you will receive a confirmation e...
State and local governments have received more than $50 billion in opioid settlement funds over 18 years to address harms from the opioid crisis. Join us for a Milbank Quarterly webinar drawing on art...
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Apparently I’ve been successful in not seeing ads all year because I have no idea what this is about. All credit goes to my 3 year old who wakes at 5 am every day, which means it’s lights out by 9 pm most nights.
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
My three year singing Here We Come A-wassailing in the bathroom last night: “And God send a mistress too”
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Alarming decline in public awareness of Trump admin public health actions @rebekahnagler.bsky.social @sarahgollust.bsky.social
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Since Larry Summers is in the news for being a real son of a bitch I wanted to show my favorite piece of economic wisdom he had about the US coming out of COVID where he just lists all the possibilities and says they’re all equally likely
Steve Matth @SteveMa • Mar 20, 2021 •••
Larry Summers on U.S. economic outlook:
33% odds of stagflation
33% odds of recession
33% rapid growth, no surge in inflation
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com
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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
From Paul Kim on leucovorin: "Proffering a proactive guarantee of approval on the basis of a limited, non-trial-based dossier effectively broadcasts that the FDA is prepared to approve new drugs without clinical trials." www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
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The New Politics of New Drug Approval | Milbank Memorial Fund
As feared at the start of the second Trump Administration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proven a willing good soldier in fulfilling the
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Col. Steven J Lockjaw vibes
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
In a new Milbank Quarterly Opinion, Lawrence Gostin argues that the mass firings across federal agencies and the appointment of ideologically driven advisors represents an unprecedented assault on the independence/credibility of science that threatens the health of populations in the US and abroad
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You Serve at the Pleasure of the President: As Such You are No Longer Wanted or Needed | Milbank Memorial Fund
Throughout my career, I have chaired and been a member of countless scientific and health policy advisory committees for the federal government—from AIDS
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We are excited to announce that Debra Lubar, PhD, who served in leadership roles at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under five administrations, will become the Milbank Memorial Fund’s 11th president on December 1, 2025.
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Milbank Memorial Fund Names Debra Lubar Next President | Milbank Memorial Fund
News article: Debra Lubar, PhD, who served in leadership roles at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under five administrations, will become the Milbank Memorial Fund’s 11th presi...
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Super excited for this discussion on the structural determinants of health, moderated by Paula Braveman. A powerhouse panel - @tyson-brown.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social and Jonathan Heller
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Good news for puffin fans. Here are a few on Skellig Michael from 2019. They are goofy and beautiful little birds.
Three black and white puffins with bright orange beaks - two touching beaks and one standing behind
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David Noll @david.noll.org · 14/08/2025
thanks to the New Yorker
A Guy Richards Smit cartoon showing federal agents descending on D.C. A couple looks on. The caption has been changed to, "If only we had been nicer to Robert Bork."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
“Medium income” 🤡 @megancnbc.bsky.social
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
segregationists basically acknowledging that structural racism exists while also claiming there is NO racism except antisemitism
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
After mismanaging the MTA for 10+ years as Governor, Andrew Cuomo would now like to mismanage it as Mayor.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool Artist: @jurlyjocreation #art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
War on universities, war on science, war on knowledge
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We’re collecting stories from population health researchers about the impact of the Trump administration’s funding cuts and other actions on their work and the potential impact to health. Read these stories and share your own www.milbank.org/stories-from...
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Stories from the Field: The Impact of Federal Funding Cuts on Population Health Researchers | Milbank Memorial Fund
In collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science, The Milbank Quarterly invited population health researchers to
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In a new Opinion, Sara Rosenbaum of the George Washington University & coauthors found 15% of “able-bodied” working-age Medicaid enrollees are not working, and that many of these enrollees are very poor older women, with limited education, who left the workforce to provide care to family members
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Who's Affected by Medicaid Work Requirements? It's Not Who You Think | Milbank Memorial Fund
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion passed in 2010, Medicaid work requirement proponents have sought to convince policymakers that the
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Given the number of federal actions threatening public health and science in the first three months of the Trump administration, @rebekahnagler.bsky.social of the University of Minnesota and colleagues conducted a survey in March 2025 on public awareness of these actions and their consequences.
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Public Awareness of Threats to Public Health and Science in March 2025 | Milbank Memorial Fund
Our survey found that a high proportion of the American public (almost 80%) had heard about the firing of federal scientists and health workers, and a substantial number had heard of federal cuts to h...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
From @paulalantz.bsky.social: Trump’s "scorched-earth strategies for decreasing federal spending, gutting our nation’s public health infrastructure, and halting all efforts aimed at addressing undeniable social inequality are not going to make America healthier." www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Trends and patterns in life expectancy in the United States are very well researched, including that a major driver of our relatively lower life expectancy is that we have higher deaths rates from all of the leading causes with the excess mortality primarily among people with lower education and income levels and among several racial/ethnic minority groups. Life expectancy will never improve to the levels enjoyed by most other high-income countries without addressing the fact that death rates are higher for specific sociodemographic groups across the life course starting with infant mortality.
The root causes of the chronic disease epidemic are also very well researched and have more to do with social factors than biology or genetics. If the MAHA Commission truly wants to address root causes, members will have to embrace the socioecological model of health which places the health of individuals within contexts that matter for health: within interpersonal relationships and family settings, within the organizations/institutions that affect everyday life like schools, workplaces, and churches, within community and environmental settings, and within macro environments that include culture, the economy, and public policy influences. For example, the food and nutrition that people put into their individual bodies matter for health. However, food options, behaviors, and consumption patterns occur within families, schools, neighborhoods, cultures, and in socioeconomic and policy/regulatory contexts. Addressing the root causes of all population health phenomena requires the basic understanding that individual health is nested within and must be addressed at multiple levels of influence.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"Death by a thousand federal cuts" is exactly where we're headed three months into the Trump Administration. @paulalantz.bsky.social lays out how it's happening www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...
Death by a Thousand Federal Cuts: Trump Administration Actions Will Not Make America Healthy Again

Paula Lantz for Milbank Quarterly. 


Since the day Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, his administration has “flooded the zone” with a deluge of executive orders and administrative actions that have significantly downsized and restricted federal funding for research and data systems and also deeply cut the financial and human resources of myriad domestic and foreign initiatives. In addition to the slashing that has already occurred, many more government programs and even entire agencies are clearly now on the chopping block. This includes a potentially huge cut to Medicaid in the next budget cycle.
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Millions spent on projects that will not be finshed now. Throwing money down the drain in the name of efficiency. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...
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Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The Long Arc of Substance Use Policy Innovation in Medicaid: Looking Back, Looking Forward - By Brendan Saloner - The Milbank Quarterly onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Long Arc of Substance Use Policy Innovation in Medicaid: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Policy Points The role of Medicaid in financing, organizing, and delivering substance use disorder (SUD) treatment has grown tremendously over time owing to expansions of eligibility and a push t...
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
$11 billion in state health funding (broader than Covid) pulled with zero notice. This is having a huge and immediate impact on states as they scramble to make cuts and layoff staff/contractors. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.
“Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
In a new Milbank Quarterly guest Opinion, Michael D. Stein of Boston University School of Public Health discusses federal budget cuts to biomedical research & identifies potential threats to population health research like the politicization of research areas + data accessibility: buff.ly/D6lMKYu
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Ungoverning and the Future of Health Services Research | Milbank Memorial Fund
The first months of the second Trump administration have, as predicted, been a matter of ungoverning. In the name of efficiency and budget reduction, but
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John Graves @johngraves.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
With the Agency for Healthcare [sic] Research and Quality on the chopping block, I thought it might be useful to highlight a few ways in my own research on efficiency and access in the U.S. health care system has benefited from AHRQ data, collaboration and funding.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law. “Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Shout it from the rooftops
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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The #Medicaid work requirement train is revving up again. Let's be clear about this: Medicaid is a health insurance program, not a jobs program. There is no evidence that Medicaid work requirements improve health or produce other benefits. They are a barrier to care & a driver of inequity (1/n)
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
No questions from Whitehouse! So disappointing.
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Tara Strome @tlantz.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
RFK Jr claimed people don’t like Medicaid. 77% of Americans have a favorable view of the program: www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
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5 Charts About Public Opinion on Medicaid | KFF
A quick look at the public’s view of Medicaid, the government health insurance and long-term care program for low-income adults and children, from recent KFF polling.
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