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Bowen Garrett

@bowengarrett.bsky.social
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Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Economist, focused on health care policy and quantitative modeling.

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Bowen Garrett @bowengarrett.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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...
Table 5 of report showing federal health spending for people ages 65 and 66 under current law and reform raising Medicare eligibility age to 67, 2025
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Bowen Garrett @bowengarrett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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...
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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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Tim Waidmann @tawaid.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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...
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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...
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Bowen Garrett @bowengarrett.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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...
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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.
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Len Nichols @lmnichols.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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...
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Bowen Garrett @bowengarrett.bsky.social · 13/01/2024
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.
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Bowen Garrett @bowengarrett.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
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.
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Bowen Garrett @bowengarrett.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations' www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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