Medicare & Medicaid

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FixGov

Did legislative sausage-making hurt President Biden?

John Hudak, Elaine Kamarck, and Selene Swanson

Monday, December 13, 2021

Report

The racial implications of medical debt: How moving toward universal health care and other reforms can address them

Andre M. Perry, Joia Crear-Perry, Carl Romer, and Nana Adjeiwaa-Manu

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

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Public Health

How the American Rescue Plan Act will help cities replace police with trained crisis teams for mental health emergencies

Stuart M. Butler and Nehath Sheriff

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

External Article

Commercial and Medicare Advantage payment for anesthesiology services

Erin Duffy, Bich Ly, Loren Adler, and Erin Trish

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Reports

Essay

Options for containing the cost of a new Medicare dental, hearing, and vision benefit

Matthew Fiedler

Friday, September 10, 2021

Health Care Reform

Medicare advanced imaging payment: Dysfunctional policy making

Bruce Steinwald, Paul B. Ginsburg, Caitlin Brandt, and Sobin Lee

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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U.S. Economy

Budgeting to promote social objectives—a primer on braiding and blending

Stuart M. Butler, Timothy Higashi, and Marcela Cabello

Monday, April 6, 2020

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Income Inequality & Social Mobility

The rise of the middle class safety net

Richard V. Reeves and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Health Care Policy

High-priced drugs in Medicare Part D: Diagnosis and prescription

Richard G. Frank and Richard J. Zeckhauser

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Blog Posts

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Up Front

Class Notes: Wealth taxation, US wage growth, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Up Front

Class Notes: Barriers to neighborhood choice, wage expectations, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

FixGov

Health care is an opportunity and liability for both parties in 2020

John Hudak

Friday, July 12, 2019

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Related Books

Reforming Medicare

By Henry Aaron and Jeanne M. Lambrew; With Patrick F. Healy

2008

Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2007

Edited by Alice M. Rivlin and Joseph R. Antos

2007

Intensive Care

By Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann

1995

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Experts

Richard G. Frank

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Henry J. Aaron

The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Steven M. Lieberman

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

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Multimedia

Registered Nurse Rebecca Moak poses for a photo in trauma center of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013. Mississippi is one of at least 20 states that has decided not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, better known as "Obamacare". REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) - TM4E9A416PD01

Access to Health Care

Medicaid job requirements would hurt America’s most vulnerable

Henry J. Aaron

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Unpacked

Repealing the Affordable Care Act

Stuart M. Butler

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Unpacked

Replacing the Affordable Care Act

Stuart M. Butler

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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Reports

Will Medicare run out of money?

How can the Biden administration improve the Medicaid program?

The 2016 Medicare Trustees Report: One year closer to IPAB cuts?

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy