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Nathan Adam Boucher

Nathan Adam Boucher

Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
nathan.boucher@duke.edu
Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
206 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Visiting Scholar

University The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics | School of Population and Public Health; Univ of British Columbia · June 2023

Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) with the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAIC) MCC Scholar

National Funded by National Institute on Aging · January 2020

Palliative Care Research Scholar

Scholarly Society American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care · 2017

In the News

Published October 17, 2025
Fall 2025 GRECC Forum on Aging
Published September 23, 2025
Grant Supports Caring for Caregivers of Rural Veterans
Published August 1, 2025
North Carolina values truth, integrity, service — that is not Donald Trump.
Published July 24, 2025
Supporting Community Partnerships to Optimize Services for Homeless Veterans
Published July 18, 2025
Trump’s policy style: realpolitik or just bad management?
Published July 14, 2025
Building a Stronger, More Compassionate America
Published July 8, 2025
INTERVIEW: SC lawmakers call new Fed budget law ‘fiscally responsible.’ Will deficit be cut?
Published July 7, 2025
Why I Take My Kids to Punk Shows in the Trump Era
Published July 5, 2025
Trump as Don Quixote: Tilting at Windmills of His Own Making
Published July 3, 2025
QUOTED: Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act turn 60. Will they survive the next 60 years?
Published June 30, 2025
Natural Disasters, Climate Change, and the Impact on Hospice and Palliative Care Teams and Their Patients
Published June 19, 2025
Why I take my kids to punk shows in Trump’s era
Published June 18, 2025
Viewpoints: Federal Attack on Safety Net Jeopardizes Disaster Response
Published June 16, 2025
Aging with Dignity in North Carolina
Published June 15, 2025
Prescription for dysfunction: how Trump’s grievance agenda hurts American healthcare
Published June 12, 2025
HHS budget cuts threaten America’s health and innovation—including in NC
Published June 12, 2025
Support for Faculty as They Engage With the Media
Published June 9, 2025
Viewpoints: Budget cuts at HHS threaten our health and innovation
Published June 1, 2025
Senior care and Trump's budget with Nathan Boucher
Published June 1, 2025
House budget bill would hurt older Americans, children, rural areas
Published May 14, 2025
A liberal’s conservative awakening
Published April 30, 2025
RFK Jr. is gutting minority health offices across HHS that are key to reducing health disparities
Published April 29, 2025
Trump’s budget: Senior care will shrink even as America’s older population grows
Published March 26, 2025
Don’t believe them: House Republicans attack on Medicaid will harm NC, the U.S.
Published February 3, 2025
Herald Sun Newspaper: NC Lumbee are closer to federal recognition. Our health depends on it.
Published February 3, 2025
Charlotte Observer Newspaper: NC Lumbee are closer to federal recognition. Our health depends on it.
Published February 3, 2025
N&O Newspaper: NC Lumbee are closer to federal recognition.
Published January 31, 2025
Our nation’s hard-fought right to preventive care is at risk.
Published December 27, 2024
Harris plan would help millions of aging Americans
Published December 21, 2024
If Trump wants to help millions of aging Americans, he’ll adopt this Harris plan Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article297401104.html#storylink=cpy
Published December 21, 2024
N&O Newspaper: If Trump wants to help millions of aging Americans, he’ll adopt this Harris plan
Published September 11, 2024
To support children, support the mental health and well-being of parents and caregivers
Published November 8, 2023
Sanford’s Nathan Boucher Has His Paddle Ready
Published October 24, 2023
A Place to Thrive: Creating Opportunities to Age Well in North Carolina
Published October 12, 2023
Prindle Hosts Brown Bag Lunch with Nathan Boucher
Published April 25, 2023
We have a chance in NC to improve home health care — we should take it
Published March 22, 2023
North Carolina set to become 40th state to expand Medicaid, Duke professor talks potential impact on Durham, Duke Health
Published October 21, 2022
Student Voices: Service Before Self in Health Policy
Published October 13, 2022
Military and Civilian: Connected Through Public Health Policy
Published October 11, 2022
Duke offers new undergraduate Health Policy Certificate
Published September 1, 2022
DUKE-MARGOLIS AND SANFORD LAUNCH UNDERGRADUATE HEALTH POLICY CERTIFICATE
Published July 14, 2021
Post-Incarceration Caregiving & COVID
Published June 23, 2021
Considering COVID and Longterm Care
Published June 11, 2021
Nathan Boucher: Reconsidering COVID and Long-Term Care
Published May 4, 2021
COVID-19 and long-term care reform
Published March 23, 2021
New report calls for U.S. universal coverage of long-term care for older adults.
Published February 21, 2021
New report calls for universal coverage of long-term care for older adults in U.S.
Published December 21, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccination – The Divide Between Formal and Informal Caregivers
Published December 4, 2020
Solving America’s Caregiving Crisis
Published November 13, 2020
Analysis: Forest ran too far to the right for pandemic voters.
Published November 11, 2020
Effects of COVID-19 on the Lives of Caregivers of Military Veterans.
Published November 10, 2020
Interviewed live regarding the Affordable Care Act challenge in the US Supreme Court
Published October 23, 2020
Viewpoints: Visitation in Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID
Published October 9, 2020
COVID-19 ‘Long-Haulers’ Worry About Coverage, Costs.
Published September 11, 2020
Cooper and Forest clash over COVID-19 in Governor’s race
Published July 31, 2020
Coronavirus deaths bring attention to privatized state veterans homes.
Published June 30, 2020
Solving the Problem of Social Isolation, COVID-19 and Older Adults
Published June 27, 2020
A partial solution for affordable housing here?
Published June 8, 2020
COVID-19 has highlighted the risks home health workers face — here's what can be done to help
Published June 7, 2020
Nursing homes fail to get COVID-19 under control
Published May 29, 2020
Viewpoints: North Carolina Prisons and Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19
Published May 26, 2020
Nursing Homes Are Ground Zero for COVID-19
Published May 26, 2020
Nursing Homes Are Ground Zero for COVID-19
Published May 26, 2020
Nursing homes, assisted living COVID-19 outbreak centers in U.S.
Published May 23, 2020
Feds urge 'extreme caution' for reopening nursing homes
Published May 23, 2020
Prayer, Public Health, and Purpose: Distance Worship during COVID-19
Published May 20, 2020
How to Address COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
Published May 20, 2020
Advocates say state reopenings put nursing homes at risk
Published May 20, 2020
Virus Testing in Nursing Homes is Still a Stumbling Block, Experts Say
Published May 18, 2020
Our County’s Reform Challenges
Published May 13, 2020
What COVID-19 teaches us about long-term care in America
Published May 4, 2020
Challenges Increase for Non-Citizens During the Pandemic
Published May 2, 2020
Participatory Community Engagement at Risk
Published April 28, 2020
Letter: Advisory Councils.
Published April 28, 2020
Isolation, variable care, now a pandemic for nation's most vulnerable
Published April 24, 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Long-Term Care in the United States
Published March 24, 2020
Report from the U.S.: the COVID-19 epidemic’s arrival reveals safety net gaps and deficiencies that will harm long-term care workers, carers, and their care recipients
Published March 22, 2020
Assistance for Our Area’s Seniors During a Harrowing Reality
Published March 20, 2020
What’s in the 'Families First' law?
Published February 5, 2018
Policy expert discusses importance of hospice, palliative care at talk Monday
Published March 13, 2016
Death with dignity forum