Bowen Garrett
@bowengarrett.bsky.social
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Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Economist, focused on health care policy and quantitative modeling.
New paper with John Holahan and Stephen Zuckerman
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
as Medicare turns 60 highlights the program's successes and payment innovations, and potential ways to fix its current problems to promote its sustainability for future generations.
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Medicare at 60: Many Successes but More Work to Do | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press
https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/doi/10.1215/03616878-11825354/396992/Medicare-at-60-Many-Successes-but-More-Work-to-Do?guestAccessKey=a89c061a-bd82-4e07-b0fc-57c513dd48f5
9 months ago
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Tim Waidmann
12 months ago
As the incoming administration thinks about putting an even bigger thumb on the scale for Medicare Advantage, we should understand why these private plans don't work in all markets.
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@bowengarrett.bsky.social
@lauraskopec.bsky.social
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Patterns and Drivers of Medicare Advantage Enrollment Growth, 2017–2023
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly in the past decade, from about a third of Medicare enrollment in 2015 to over half in 2024. The growth of MA has important implications for the financial sust...
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/patterns-and-drivers-medicare-advantage-enrollment-growth-2017-2023
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New primer on the Net Investment Income Tax. Describes the NIIT in the context of
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financing and taxing higher-income households. Discusses pros and cons of raising additional revenue through the NIIT through the lens of five public financing principles.
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Net Investment Income Tax
In this brief, we describe the NIIT and the context for the NIIT in Medicare financing and taxing of households with higher incomes.
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/net-investment-income-tax
10 months ago
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Len Nichols
10 months ago
UI Health Policy colleagues (
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,@lisaclemancope.bsky.social,@bowengarrett.bsky.social, and Kima Taylor) and I just published in Health Affairs Scholar, (#HAScholar, @Health_Affairs) Tracing Value From Social Determinant Solutions,
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About 5 million MA enrollees get their coverage through a retiree MA plan offered by their employer, called an Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP). However, scarce research describes the policy, payment, and economic forces shaping the growth of these plans. Here's a primer:
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Medicare Advantage Employer Group Waiver Plans
This brief provides an overview of the current Employer Group Waiver Plan (EGWP) landscape and identifies areas for future research.
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/medicare-advantage-employer-group-waiver-plans
almost 2 years ago
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New paper looking at Medicare post-acute care spending and how reducing excessive payment rates can promote Medicare's financial stability
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Post-Acute Care and Medicare Solvency
This brief considers payments to PAC providers for services to enrollees in traditional Medicare.
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/post-acute-care-and-medicare-solvency
about 2 years ago
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States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations'
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
about 2 years ago
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