Research

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The study examines a Medicare policy that capped annual per-patient spending on physical therapy but allowed patients to exceed the cap if their provider submitted documentation showing medical necessity.
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Findings suggest Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saved about 27,400 lives between 2010 and 2022 – including among young people.
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A new working paper offers the first systematic national analysis of the connection between rising asylum seeker populations and the dramatic increase in sheltered homelessness across the United States.
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A recently published BFI working paper, "The Rise of Healthcare Jobs," delves into the rapid expansion of the healthcare sector, which is now the largest industry by employment in the United States.
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Experiment finds that the cap-and-trade market in Gujarat, India reduced pollution by 20 to 30 percent while reducing industrial plants’ pollution abatement costs by more than 10 percent and increasing compliance with the law.
Thomas Coleman
In recent decades, income inequality in the United States has become a very contentious policy debate. Critics argue that tax cuts for the wealthy, especially those enacted in the 1980s and sustained over time, have worsened the income gap.