Tracee Saunders

Better Gov Lab Fellow @McCourtSchool, Poli Sci PhD, #NSFGRFP @uiowa @UNCPublicPolicy. Comp Soc Sci, Health, Welfare Policy (esp. Medicaid) and Admin Burden.

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

Super excited to join this team and be part of some really cool research on administrative burden and health!

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@dmkuznetsova @UCNZ @UCNZArts Congrats!!!

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@colinrcase @UiPolisci Congrats!! Sorry, I didn't get to meet you when you visited UI. As a former Chapel Hillian as well, Iowa City really is a great place to live.

[Kosali Simon @KosaliSimon]

Experts shared their top tips on research communication techniques in an afternoon workshop at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (@APPAM_DC ) annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. Tips and reading list below👇👇👇

[Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd]

"Projects developed in partnership with policymakers are 17-20% points more likely to result in policy change ... partnerships most often occur earlier in the term when political conditions are conducive to experimentation & reform"

-- Cool paper by Alix Bonargent

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@bjdickmayhew @singareddynm @dcludwinski Thanks, David for the ping, and Dan for highlighting this work!! @singareddynm Nikita, I should have a working paper posted in the next few months, I'll follow-up and send it your way when it's public!

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@NathanMicatka could i have one?!

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@benff When I had a 3am radio show, I played at least one song from Who Killed Amanda Palmer every show.

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@ACassario Happy to share code I have used for state variables from the R census api if its helpful, dm me.

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@ACassario Yes, I think so! If you use the R Census API, it is pretty straightforward and quick, and then you know exactly what's going into your variables and can easily update your data when/if necessary.

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@CarlyMillerd I found it helpful to chat with the Iowa IRB office - like schedule a quick Zoom or irl meeting - and discuss what you are trying to do. I got several denials, but after chatting with them to clarify things, I didn't have to change my language much before they approved.

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@willowkreutzer Congrats, Dr.!!

[Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rlmcelreath]

This short comment from Andrew Gelman on designing experiments is pointed and useful. Love the de-emphasis on power analysis but emphasis on simulating and making hard choices. PDF: https://t.co/xR14EvNEk1

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@askellyphd @didikuo1 Look forward to checking out the next draft when it's ready! This sounds awesome.

[Tracee Saunders @TraceeMSaunders]

@Stata 17 MP, Political Science/Public Policy

[Drew Altman @DrewAltman]

CBO says Medicaid work will not have much impact on jobs or work hours. So the real impact (and savings) comes from red tape that causes people who are working and can't work to be dropped. https://t.co/41sQU9Tzuc

[Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) @onceuponA]

Most of health policy is actually health politics

[Gaby Aboulafia @gabyaboulafia]

What's interesting though is they break out MAGI vs. non-MAGI apps. AR automatically enrolls SSI recipients in Medicaid. But I think the non-MAGI pop is a big concern in states that require separate apps for SSI and Medicaid (like ID, which is posting data, but not by case type)

[Political Networks @PolNetworks]

Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium on Tuesday, April 18 at 12pm ET with @ScottJLaCombe and @TraceeMSaunders on "What makes a leader? A Role Analysis of Latent Policy Diffusion Networks" (discussants: @brucedesmarais and @joshua_jansa).

[Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) @onceuponA]

If my math is right, that's about 4% of the people who were enrolled in the program (using numbers on Idaho's enrollment from the Dec. 2022 report, which is the most recent enrollment data available)

[Natalie Alms @AlmsNatalie]

another gov agency trying to make applications easier - this time, it's HHS working with USDS to work on applications for federally funded childcare. they say that multi-benefit applications are next on the list. @FCWnow

https://t.co/yNXx6Ondf4