Recent efforts to control spending, including accountable care organizations, value-based payment, and high-deductible health plans, have…
2024, Opinion: "No one is satisfied with the U.S. health system. In 2022, 26 million Americans were uninsured (Keisler-Starkey et al., 2023…
My own preference is for incremental health reform rather than the teardown they advocate. This is partly based on answering a different…
I was gratified to see Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein write, “if Furman and others like him are enthusiastic about trying to build…
There’s growing global interest in investing in disease prevention—not just to improve health but to cut health care costs. The idea seems…
March 5, 2024, Paper: "The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 is the most significant reform to US prescription drug pricing in two…
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 is the most significant reform to US prescription drug pricing in two decades and the first…
This paper analyzes an economic-epidemiological model of infectious disease where it is possible to become infected more than once and…
February 2024, Paper: "Biotech innovations lead to the development of life-saving drugs and vaccines. However, bringing a new drug to…
The growth in spending on health care has slowed over the last decade, easing fears that Medicare would devour the federal budget, create…