ECONOMICS PUBLICATIONS
The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D
With Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Tim Layton, and Adelina Wang, American Economic Review, forthcoming
Media Coverage: Commonwealth Fund
Private Versus Public Provision of Social Insurance: Evidence from Medicaid
With Tim Layton, Nicole Maestas, and Daniel Prinz, AEJ: Economic Policy, 2022, 14: 397-431
Media Coverage: NBER Digest, Brookings, VoxEU, CATO Institute
The Consequences of Health Care Privatization: Evidence from Medicare Advantage Exits
With Mark Duggan and Jon Gruber, AEJ: Economic Policy, 2018, 10: 153-186.
Media Coverage: New York Times, Academy Health, NBER Digest
Awards: 2019 NIHCM Finalist
Who Benefits When the Government Pays More? Pass-Through in the Medicare Advantage Program
With Mark Duggan and Amanda Starc, Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 141: 50-67.
Media Coverage: Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Modern Healthcare, Marginal Revolution, Knowledge at Wharton, Health Affairs Blog
ECONOMICS WORKING PAPERS
Rationing Medicine Through Paperwork: Prior Authorization Restrictions in Medicare
With Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Sam Burn, and Tim Layton
Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review
Media Coverage: Medscape, AEIdeas
The Value of Improving Insurance Quality: Evidence from Long-Run Medicaid Attrition (with Ajin Lee)
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Health Economics
Efficiency Gains Under Incomplete Contracting: Evidence from Medicaid
OTHER RESEARCH
The effect of Medicare Advantage growth on Part D competition, costs, and coverage
With Ben Ippolito
Health Affairs Forefront, 2023
How should policymakers respond to rising cost-sharing that often goes unpaid
With Ben Ippolito
Health Affairs Forefront, 2023
With Ken Cohen, et al.
JAMA Network Open, 2023
SELECTED RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Enrollment, Utilization, and Fiscal Costs in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare (with Scott Bilder, Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Barton Jones, Iman Mohammadi, Zulkarnain Pulungan, Yalun Su, and Christie Teigland)
How Do Medicaid and Medicare Compare? Evidence from Dual-Eligible Enrollees (with Tim Layton, Nicole Maestas, Daniel Prinz, and Mark Shepard)
Grading State Medicaid Programs: Investigating Cross-State Program Differences (with Tim Layton, Nicole Maestas, Daniel Prinz, and Mark Shepard)