Health Affairs July 2, 2024
Earlier this year, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to advance women’s health research and innovation, galvanizing federal investment in women’s health research and directing federal agencies to report their investments in women’s research annually. Presidents and governors have broad discretion to use such executive orders—legal directives that carry the force of law to manage the operation of government—to swiftly advance policy. However, executive orders have received insufficient attention as a lever to implement audacious policy strategies to advance racial equity.
It’s time for that to change. Coupled with other intentional policy strategies, executive orders can make a substantive impact in redressing historic racial inequities, changing the culture of government, and creating more equitable communities.
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