Anthony LoSasso

While employees ultimately bear the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance (lower wages!), employers are disengaged buyers for their employees. And every player in the healthcare sector loves this lack of attention: hospitals, physicians, insurers, pharma, benefits consultants, etc. The higher the spend, the more they win. A few purchasers are doing it differently (e.g., @Walmart , @CalPERS), but it's a slog, and the entrenched interests push back hard. Employers should act like smart buyers: choose providers worth paying for and make it easy for their workers to use them. Read my new @statnews piece: statnews.com/2026/10/29/heal…

A $1 trillion Medicaid “cut” sounds dramatic until you notice Medicaid spending never actually falls. The number reflects a reduction from projected baseline spending, much of which had risen sharply. That distinction matters. My new @Forbes piece: forbes.com/sites/anthonylosa…

Just landed after a quick flight to @fly2ohare. Now for the longest part of the trip: getting to the gate.

Many are calling for health care price controls. In @nytopinion, Lorens Helmchen and I argue that price controls rest on a heroic assumption: regulators can know the right price and keep it from being shaped by the industries regulated. The answer isn’t price by decree. nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opini…

Maybe you've seen the PhRMA ad with the tall hospital executive named "Mark" telling staff to "markup" drug prices. But what's the program behind the gag? My new @Forbes piece on 340B: how a tiny 1992 safety-net program became an $81B opaque revenue mechanism most Americans have never heard of. forbes.com/sites/anthonylosa…