Books, Reports, Articles, and Presentations

Books and Reports

Why Does Health Care Cost So Much? How Can it Be Made More Affordable?, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, 2018

Lowering Health Spending and Improving Outcomes: A Regional Approach,  Jewish Healthcare Foundation, 2018

The Affordable Care Act in Nevada: Status Report, Part 1, The Rockefeller Institute and the Brookings Institution, 2014

The Affordable Care Act in Nevada: Status Report, Part 2,The Rockefeller Institute and the Brookings Institution, 2015

The Affordable Care Act in Nevada: Status Report, Part 3, The Commonwealth Fund, Stabilizing the Individual Insurance Market, 2018 

“Health Care,” The Oxford Companion to American Politics,  2012

Out of the Shadows: Exporting U.S. Health Care Services, Report to Markle Foundation, 2012

California Task Force on Affordable Care, 2010

A New Deal for Health, Century Foundation, 2005

Breathing Easier?, Report of The Century Foundation Working Group on Bioterrorism Preparedness, 2003

Medicare Tomorrow: The Report of the Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, w/ Shoshanna Sofaer & Jacob Hacker, 2001

Articles and Commentary

Nations With Mass Testing In a Position To Reopen, The Mercury News, May 8, 2020

Building a New Health Care Corps, The American Prospect, April 20, 2020

Unreasonable Timetable, San Francisco Chronicle, March 28, 2020

Commentary: Doctor’s Orders: Provide Affordable Housing, and People’s Health Will Improve, Cal Matters, October 1, 2019

Price Controls or Managed Competition? Lessons for California Bay Area Council Economic Institute, w/ Micah Weinberg and Alice Bishop, 2018

Health Care Reform in the Balance: California and the Future of the Affordable Care Act, BACEI, w/ Micah Weinberg, 2018

Improving Individual Health Insurance Markets, BACEI, w/ Micah Weinberg, 2017

Talking Shop: Revisiting the Small-Business Marketplaces in California and Colorado, The Commonwealth Fund, w/ David Chase and Tim Gaudette, 2017

Lessons From The Small Business Health Options Program: The Shop Experience in California and Colorado, The Commonwealth Fund, w/ David Chase and Tim Gaudette, 2015

Entering the Mainstream: Pediatric Palliative Care, California Hospice and Palliative Care Association, 2012

A Footnote in History: Why the Obamacare Ruling May Not Matter, The Atlantic, June 2012

State-Based Coverage Solutions: The California Health Benefits Exchange, The Commonwealth Fund, w/ Micah Weinberg, 2011

Tarnish on the Golden State: Medical Debt in California, w/ Mark Rukavina and Jacquelyn Kercheval, 2011

Exchanging Roles: The Affordable Care Act and New Paths in Health Regulation, Duke University, The Tobin Project, 2011

Focus on Lowering Health Care Costs, Not Just Health Insurance Rates, San Francisco Chronicle, April 2011 

What Does Health Reform Mean For California’s Economy?, Zocalo Public Square, July 11, 2010

“International Health Care: The Basics,” The Century Foundation, 2008

Lessons from California's Health Reform Efforts for the National Debate, New America Foundation, w/ Len Nichols & Peter Harbage, March 2008

 Why Budget Gap Shouldn't Derail Health Care Reform, San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2008

To Our Health, Financial Planning, April 2007

Universal Health Insurance: Reaching The Tipping Point?, Mother Jones, May 2006

Stem Cells and Public Policy, The Century Foundation, w/ Richard Hayes, 2004 

Another Massachusetts Miracle, Mother Jones, April 2006

Universal Coverage: Many Roads to Rome?, Mother Jones, March 2006

Using a Medicare Scalpel, Mother Jones, March 2006

Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage, Fred Brock, 2006 (“Summary of A New Deal for Health”)

America’s Achilles Heel, Century Foundation, 2004

Empirical Evidence, The American Prospect online, March 20, 2003

Wrong Prescription, The American Prospect online, January 20, 2003

Lessons of 9/11, The New York Times, November 29, 2002

Securing U.S. Nuclear Power Plants and Radioactive Materials against Terrorism, The Century Foundation, 2002.

Securing U.S. Nuclear Power Plants and Radioactive Materials against Terrorism, Part 2, The Century Foundation, 2002.

Paying for Medical Value, The Century Foundation, July 11, 2002

Expanding Home and Community Based Care, The Century Foundation, 2001

Tolkien’s Enduring Relevancy, The Boston Globe, December 27, 2001. 

Democracy and Excellence: Scott Buchanan’s Search for a Great Books College, The American Oxonian, Winter 1997.