Happy to see my work on pets and veterinarians published in @avmajavma.bsky.social covered in the The New York Times The Wellness Industry Carves Out a New Niche: Pets www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/w... Read the corresponding article here: doi.org/10.2460/javma.24.08.0551

New article out in @avmajavma.bsky.social w/ a secret shopper survey in CA, MN, OH, PA, TX, and WA. Secret shopper survey reveals generally reasonable access to preventive veterinary appointments for dogs, with notable gaps in rural areas and for other outliers doi.org/10.2460/javm...

New article out with Jane M. Zhu in AJMC - The American Journal of Managed Care ACA Network Regulatory Filings Are Inaccurate, Poorly Match Provider Directories www.ajmc.com/view/aca-net...

Hi Friends! I have joined The Ohio State University. We have been in the middle of moving for a while. Everyone is excited but it's a lot of chaos right now. I am behind on everything ... sorry! I will miss many great friends at TAMU but we are looking forward to the future

And here is the video of my chat with Andy Roark for the Cone of Shame Veterinary Podcast Very much enjoyed our chat and my wife and kids said it was”wasn’t boring” Episode 348 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pet Parents youtu.be/VBUTyco9NiA?...

Catch me talking about my work on pets & vaccine hesitancy on The Cone of Shame Veterinary Podcast w/ Dr. Andy Roark podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

New article out in Early View in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law @jhppl.bsky.social What Information Elicits Policy Enthusiasm? Older Americans, the ACA, and Medicare doi.org/10.1215/0361...

New in JHPPL: special issue marking Medicare’s 60th anniversary. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

Trump’s new spending law could leave 17 million more Americans without #health insurance by 2034. #Medicaid cuts and new work rules mean: ✅ Less coverage + higher costs ✅ More chaos for hospitals ✅ Rural hospitals going broke By @simonfhaeder.bsky.social 🩺 theconversation.com/how-17m-amer...

Trump’s new spending law could leave 17 million more Americans without #health insurance by 2034. #Medicaid cuts and new work rules mean: ✅ Less coverage + higher costs ✅ More chaos for hospitals ✅ Rural hospitals going broke By @simonfhaeder.bsky.social 🩺 theconversation.com/how-17m-amer...

New article out in @us.theconversation.com with an outlook on US healthcare post OBBBA How 17M Americans enrolled in Medicaid and ACA plans could lose their health insurance by 2034 theconversation.com/how-17m-amer...

We’re excited to share SSN’s new Medicaid Working Group, launched by @philiprocco.bsky.social! As the reconciliation bill moved forward, the group shared timely insights and will keep breaking down what it means for Medicaid & health access. Learn more about the group: scholars.org/medicaid-wor...

New article out in @ajvroa.bsky.social with two of my students focused on how veterinarians respond to vaccine-hesitant dog owners Secret shopper survey indicates that veterinarians are split on how to respond to vaccine-hesitant dog owners doi.org/10.2460/ajvr...

New piece out in @us.theconversation.com House tax-and-spending bill and other Trump administration changes could make millions of people lose their health insurance coverage theconversation.com/house-tax-an...

House Republicans’ tax-and-spending bill and other Trump administration changes could lead to 10.9 million Americans losing health insurance by 2034, with 7.8 million potentially losing Medicaid coverage alone. A health care scholar explains: buff.ly/uoLEiMl By Simon F. Haeder @tamu.bsky.social 🩺

New article with Susan Yackee on the #FDA is out in EarlyView at @annualreviews.bsky.social of Law and Social Science. Embattled Past, Uncertain Future: Law, Science, and Policymaking at the US Food and Drug Administration doi.org/10.1146/annu...

New article out in The American Journal of Managed Care w/ a set of great colleagues Affordable Care Act Enrollment in Texas After Rating Area Adjustments www.ajmc.com/view/afforda...

Previously, I wrote about the intricacies of work requirements for the Milken Institute Review and the "devilish details" of policy design & implementation. Tangled Up in Side Effects: Why work requirements for health care is bad medicine for everyone www.milkenreview.org/articles/tan...

And here is the great write-up about it by Texas A&M School of Public Health Does Someone With Alcohol Use Disorder Deserve A New Liver? stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/05...

Timely new paper out in Politics & Policy on how perceptions about beneficiary deservingness shape public attitudes about who should be eligible for Medicaid. How Long-Held Perceptions of Deservingness Continue to Shape Public Attitudes About Program Eligibility doi.org/10.1111/polp...

Read Simon F. Haeder's "Public Attitudes toward Premiums in the Medicaid Program: The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Deservingness" from the new issue of Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved on @ProjectMUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/959106

New paper in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Undeserved exploring Medicaid premiums with a focus on how perceptions of deservingness shape public attitudes Public Attitudes toward Premiums in the Medicaid Program: The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Deservingness doi.org/10.1353/hpu....

Out in print now in @avmajavma.bsky.social Trust in veterinarians and association with vaccine information sources and vaccination status among dog and cat owners doi.org/10.2460/javm...

New paper out in #HAScholar w/ Wendy Xu answering a simple but important question: What methods do patients use to schedule medical appointments? Short answer: mostly phone but also in-office and via online portals. Full paper #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/hasc...

New article out in Health Affairs Scholar with a great group of co-authors led by Jane Zhu providing a novel view on provider networks & adequacy from the carrier perspective Medicaid managed care organizations' experiences with network adequacy doi.org/10.1093/hasc... #HAScholar

New paper out w/ Steven Sylvester in Social Science Quarterly looking at attitudes on organ transplants and perceptions of deservingness Who's to Blame? How Recipient Deservingness Influences Attitudes About Access to the Organ Transplants doi.org/10.1111/ssqu...

Lots of things happening in (public) health policy these days. I am putting the cuts at HHS into perspective for @us.theconversation.com in my new article: Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy theconversation.com/massive-cuts...

Great way to slide into the weekend ... Thank you @ajvroa.bsky.social Full article here: Exploratory assessment of the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey tool to assess vaccine hesitancy and pet vaccination status among pet owners doi.org/10.2460/ajvr...

Thanks for more great coverage of my work @TAMU_SPH School‐based health centers could be key to increasing vaccination rates for children who otherwise lack access vitalrecord.tamu.edu/school%E2%80...

Timely paper given recent changes to Social Security verification process w/ Steven Sylvester in @psjeditor.bsky.social found pretty strong support for in-person interviews and req to provide official govt docs in SS (& other programs) Full paper #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Now out in print in @wmhp.bsky.social Shots at school? Public attitudes about vaccination services in school-based health centers doi.org/10.1002/wmh3...

Happy this found a great home in the Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social

Second, with Simon Haeder, we examine burden tolerance in the US around Medicaid, finding *Strong support for burden reductions *Racial resentment and conservatism predict burden tolerance *Attitudes remained stable thru Great Unwinding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Out in print today with @donmoyn.bsky.social in @pareview.bsky.social in #OpenAccess Assessing burden tolerance amid the Medicaid Great Unwinding doi.org/10.1111/puar...

Out in print now and #OpenAccess with Steven Sylvester in @psjeditor.bsky.social I paid into it with every paycheck I earned: How benefit type and beneficiary contributions. shape attitudes about increasing or decreasing administrative burdens for social protections doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Trust in veterinarians can serve as an important resource to increase vaccinations. 🐈🐕 Open access article: doi.org/10.2460/javm... @simonfhaeder.bsky.social

Out in print now >> Medicare Price Negotiations Camel’s Nose or Toothless Tiger? www.milkenreview.org/articles/med...

New article out in @avmajavma.bsky.social in #EarlyView expanding my work on pet vaccination behavior Trust in veterinarians and association with vaccine information sources and vaccination status among dog and cat owners doi.org/10.2460/javm...

Thank you for covering my work @TAMU_SPH Study demonstrates correlation between human vaccine hesitancy and pet vaccination attitudes vitalrecord.tamu.edu/study-demons...

New and important research out by WMHP editor-in-chief (Skinner), a WMHP board member (Haeder), and a former WMHP associate editor (Marthey).

Out in print now in the Journal of School Health with my good friends @danskinner.bsky.social and Daniel Marthey Putting Health care Where the Kids Are: US Public Attitudes About School-Based Health Centers doi.org/10.1111/josh...

For those interested, this article is a follow-up article on my recent Milken Institute Review article on Medicare Advantage Medicare Advantage: The Future Is Now www.milkenreview.org/articles/med...

And shout out to Adam Niklewicz for the excellent illustrations! These alone are worth a look!

With the Biden Administration releasing the next list of drugs for #Medicare price negotiations, here is my new article for the Milken Institute Review Medicare Price Negotiations: Camel’s Nose or Toothless Tiger? www.milkenreview.org/articles/med...

And here is the article in Spanish kindly provided by srperro.com (Thank you!) Crece la desconfianza hacia las vacunas entre las familias con animales: un experto en salud pública detalla por qué son cruciales www.srperro.com/blog_perro/c...

#AJVR author @simonfhaeder.bsky.social recently discussed his research findings with @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/vaccine-hesi...

New article out in @us.theconversation.com synthesizing some of my recent work on pet vaccinations. Vaccine hesitancy among pet owners is growing – a public health expert explains why that matters theconversation.com/vaccine-hesi...

The 6th Edition of Health Politics & Policy is out! J. Ferdman & I wrote about vax. policymaking in the US. Contributions from @sarahgollust.bsky.social @jacobhacker.bsky.social @askellyphd.bsky.social @simonfhaeder.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social @oberlanderunc.bsky.social & many more!

Super excited about this …

I had the chance to go on AVMA Veterinary Vertex to talk about my recent @ajvroa.bsky.social article about applying the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey tool to pet owners and vaccine hesitancy more generally. Listen here: lnkd.in/gSgqejnD Full paper here: doi.org/10.2460/ajvr...