Recent Releases

Effects of the Most Favored Nation Model for Part B Drugs, Ellis Health Policy Memorandum (January 8, 2021); link. 

Previous Reports & Publications

Private Health Insurance Premiums and Federal Policy, Congressional Budget Office, February 2016 (with Alice Burns); link.

Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act, Congressional Budget Office, June 2015 (with Ben Page); link. 

Comparing the Costs of the Veterans’ Health Care System With Private-Sector Costs, Congressional Budget Office, December 2014 (with Elizabeth Bass and Heidi Golding); link.

Farewell to Fee-for-Service? A “Real World” Strategy for Health Care Payment Reform, UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform and Modernization (December 2012); link.

“Wide Variation In Episode Costs Within A Commercially Insured Population Highlights Potential to Improve the Efficiency Of Care,” Health Affairs, September 2012 (with Lewis G. Sandy, Aaron J. Larson, and Simon L. Stevens); link.

Selected CBO Publications Related to Health Care Legislation, 2009-2010, Congressional Budget Office, December 2010 (with many others); link.

Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals, Congressional Budget Office, December 2008 (with many others); link.

Research on the Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Treatments: Issues and Options for an Expanded Federal Role, Congressional Budget Office, December 2007; link.

“The Challenge of Rising Health Care Costs—A View from the Congressional Budget Office,” New England Journal of Medicine, November 1, 2007; and “Addressing Rising Health Care Costs—A View from the Congressional Budget Office,” New England Journal of Medicine, November 8, 2007 (both with Peter Orszag); link.

Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Potential Effects on Health Care Spending and Outcomes, Congressional Budget Office, December 2006; link.

Testimony on Medicaid Spending Growth and Options for Controlling Costs, Congressional Budget Office (July 13, 2006); link.

A Detailed Description of CBO’s Cost Estimate for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, Congressional Budget Office, July 2004; link.