Bowen Garrett
@bowengarrett.bsky.social
Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Economist, focused on health care policy and quantitative modeling.
Increasing the age of #Medicare eligibility is alive and kicking as a proposal to reduce the deficit/debt. Here is a new analysis of an old idea: www.urban.org/research/pub...
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Increasing the age of #Medicare eligibility is alive and kicking as a proposal to reduce the deficit/debt. Here is a new analysis of an old idea: www.urban.org/research/pub...
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
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March 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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.
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
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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. @zuckermans.bsky.social @bowengarrett.bsky.social @lauraskopec.bsky.social www.urban.org/research/pub...
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...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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. @zuckermans.bsky.social @bowengarrett.bsky.social @lauraskopec.bsky.social www.urban.org/research/pub...
New primer on the Net Investment Income Tax. Describes the NIIT in the context of #Medicare 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.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
www.urban.org/research/pub...
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.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New primer on the Net Investment Income Tax. Describes the NIIT in the context of #Medicare 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.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
www.urban.org/research/pub...
Reposted by Bowen Garrett
UI Health Policy colleagues (@tawaid.bsky.social,@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, academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
January 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
UI Health Policy colleagues (@tawaid.bsky.social,@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, academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
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:
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.
www.urban.org
January 13, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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:
New paper looking at Medicare post-acute care spending and how reducing excessive payment rates can promote Medicare's financial stability
Post-Acute Care and Medicare Solvency
This brief considers payments to PAC providers for services to enrollees in traditional Medicare.
www.urban.org
October 13, 2023 at 1:45 PM
New paper looking at Medicare post-acute care spending and how reducing excessive payment rates can promote Medicare's financial stability
States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations' www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
September 28, 2023 at 8:03 PM
States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations' www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...