Medicaid, Medicare, Public Health04/15/2026Federal Health Program Spending Consumes 62 Percent of Relevant Federal TaxesMark Howell
Private Health04/08/2026New ACA Data—Improper Enrollment Barely Changed while Out-of-Pocket Premiums Remain Very LowBrian Blase and Mark Howell
Medicaid03/31/2026How States Use IGTs to Shift Medicaid Costs to Federal TaxpayersMark Howell and Chris Medrano
Medicaid03/31/2026The Medi-Cal Gold Rush: California’s Projected Medicaid Spending Growth is Twice the National AverageNiklas Kleinworth
Public Health03/25/2026A Growing Majority of States Are Restricting Cell Phones in SchoolsKatherine Hall
Medicaid03/11/2026New York’s Medicaid Spending Per Resident is $4,800—85 Percent Higher Than the National Average in the Rest of the Country, 2024Brian Blase
Public Health03/04/2026Banning Cell Phone Use in Class Is Not Enough to Prevent Classroom DisruptionsKatherine Hall
Private Health03/03/2026Zero-Claim Enrollees Drove 2024 Medical Loss Ratio RebatesMark Howell and Brian Blase
Medicare03/02/2026Medicare Base Payment Rates for Hospitals Have Increased While Physician Base Payment Rates Have DeclinedJackson Hammond and Mark Howell
Medicare02/26/2026The IRA Dramatically Raised Average Part D Bid at Taxpayers’ ExpenseJackson Hammond and Ryan Long
Medicaid02/18/2026CBO’s New Budget Baseline Confirms: One Big Beautiful Bill Did Not Cut Medicaid; Biden-Era Profligacy Even Higher Than First ThoughtJohn R. Graham
Medicaid01/27/2026Despite Post-COVID Unwinding, Medicaid Spending Increased by $58 Billion in 2024Liam Sigaud
Medicaid, Medicare, Private Health01/21/2026Rate of Spending Growth on ACA Subsidies Outpaced Spending on Medicaid and Medicare From 2019 to 2024Liam Sigaud
Medicaid01/14/2026New York’s Per Capita Home Health Aide Workforce Is Three Times Greater Than Other States’ AverageJohn R. Graham and Liam Sigaud
Private Health01/14/20262026 ACA Enrollment Decline Is Small While Improper Enrollees RemainMark Howell and Brian Blase
Medicaid01/09/2026Minnesota’s Per Enrollee Spending on Disabled Medicaid Enrollees Highest in the Country — More Than 2.7 Times the US Average in 2023Liam Sigaud
Private Health12/22/2025ACA Exchange Enrollment Growth Surged in Plans Made “Free” by Biden COVID Subsidy BoostsRyan Long and Mark Howell
Private Health11/05/2025Obamacare Plan Premiums Have Increased Nearly 2x Faster than Employer-Based Premiums Since 2014Mark Howell and Brian Blase
Private Health10/28/2025Insurer Revenues from ACA Premiums Were 87% Taxpayer-Funded in 2024: Ten Percentage Points Higher Than Pre-COVID CreditsNiklas Kleinworth and Brian Blase
Private Health09/03/2025Visualizing the Taxpayer Share of Obamacare Plan PremiumsBrian Blase and Liam Sigaud
Private Health08/26/2025Health Care Price Inflation Reverts to Trend as Biden Inflation Stimulus FadesJohn R. Graham
Medicaid07/28/2025As Medicaid Money Laundering Peaks in States, Reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill Come to the RescueNiklas Kleinworth and Emma Gallutia
Medicaid07/09/2025State Funding Gimmicks Drive Unequal Ambulance Payments in Medi-CalMark Howell and Ryan Long
Medicaid, Private Health07/02/2025The One Big Beautiful Bill Reverses Biden-Era Medicaid and Obamacare Spending BingeJohn R. Graham and Brian Blase
Medicaid, Private Health06/17/2025CBO’s Federal Medicaid and Obamacare Spending Baseline (2026-2034) Increased $1.7 Trillion During Biden AdministrationJohn R. Graham and Brian Blase
Medicaid06/11/2025CBO’s Obamacare Subsidy Baseline Cost Nearly Doubled During the Biden AdministrationBrian Blase and John R. Graham
Medicaid05/14/2025Medicaid’s Broken Math: $9 for the Able-Bodied, $1.33 for the Truly NeedyBrian Blase
Medicaid02/19/2025Medicaid Costs Soared for the Federal Government from 2008 to 2023 While Costs Were Flat for StatesBrian Blase
Private Health02/12/2025Medical Building Construction Set to Surpass Hospital Construction – Payment Policy Must Catch UpJohn R. Graham
Private Health01/29/2025Government Accounts for More Than One Quarter of “Private” Health Insurance SpendingJohn R. Graham
Private Health, Public Health01/22/2025Government Programs Now Account for Over Half of Health Care SpendingJohn R. Graham
