Johanna Butler joined NASHP’s Coverage, Cost, and Value team in June 2018. She is involved with several projects related to lowering the cost of health care, focusing specifically on health system costs and prescription drug prices. She has also worked on advancing evidence-based policymaking through patient-centered outcomes research. Prior to joining NASHP, Johanna was an intern in the ranking member’s health policy office of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. She has also worked as the Lloyd Meeds Policy Fellow at K&L Gates and interned in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs. Johanna graduated from American University in 2018 with an interdisciplinary studies degree focused on communications, law, economics, and government, and holds a certificate in Advanced Leadership Studies from the School of Public Affairs.