Research and Commentary

Disabled Americans Facing Ruinous Costs of Long-Term Care Got No New Answers from a Blue-Ribbon Federal Commission Last Week. Where Do We Go from Here?

September 25, 2013, Barbara J. Gage, Judith Tobin and Darshak Sanghavi

Health Insurance Coverage Rises in 2012, Driven by Increase in Medicare Enrollment

September 17, 2013, Gary Burtless

Moving Forward On Medicaid Reform: Shared Savings In Medicaid, And How To Do It

September 5, 2013, Mark B. McClellan, Keith Fontenot, Sara Bencic, Christine Dang-Vu and Erica Socker,

Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care the Right Way—Through Better, More Person-Centered Care

May 9, 2013, Mark B. McClellan

Progressives and the Safety Net

Fall 2012, Henry J. Aaron

Are Voters Ready to Make the Tough Fiscal Choices?

September 18, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Long Term Is Now: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Financing of Long-Term Care

September 11, 2012, William A. Galston

States and Medicaid: Health Policy Jenga

July 11, 2012, Tracy Gordon

States and the Affordable Care Act: An Offer They (Still) Can’t Refuse

July 2, 2012, Tracy Gordon

The Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act—A Bullet Dodged

June 28, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

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The Power to Tax Justifies the Power to Mandate Health Care Insurance, Which Can be More Economically Efficient

June 28, 2012, Amanda Kowalski

A Supreme Court ACA Scorecard

June 18, 2012, Henry J. Aaron

@ Brookings Podcast: Automatic Spending Cuts and Programs for the Poor

December 30, 2011, Ron Haskins

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Medicare Premium Support: A Primer

December 16, 2011, Henry J. Aaron, James C. Capretta, Pete Domenici, Ron Haskins and Alice M. Rivlin

Living in "Interesting" Times: Health Policy in 2011

November 16, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

The Deficit, Higher Taxes and Health Care

October 12, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

The Central Question for Health Policy in Deficit Reduction

October 12, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

Census Numbers Indicate the Safety Net is Working

September 15, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

@ Brookings Podcast: Improve Medicare, Medicaid Now to Avoid Radical Changes Later

July 8, 2011, Mark B. McClellan

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Comments on the Proposed Rulemaking for the Medicare Shared Savings Program

June 6, 2011

The President’s Deficit Reduction Plan: Implications for Health Care

April 14, 2011, Kavita Patel

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan's Roadmap to Nowhere: Budget Plan Will Not Reduce Our Deficit

April 10, 2011, Henry J. Aaron

The Deficit Hawk’s Case Against Rep. Paul Ryan

April 8, 2011, William A. Galston

Balancing the U.S. Budget: Jumpstarting the Bipartisan Discussion

April 6, 2011, William A. Galston

Paul Ryan's Proposed Budget: How Could Entitlements Change?

April 5, 2011, Alice M. Rivlin