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@HHS_ASPE

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services

 Washington, DC
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Joined July 2014
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💡NEW BRIEF: The U.S. age-adjusted death rate reached a provisional record low in 2025, with declines in unintentional injury and COVID-19 deaths leading the improvement.
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The U.S. Age-Adjusted Death Rate Reached a Record Low in 2025: What Drove the Decline?

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💡NEW BRIEF: Restoring vibrancy in kidney care, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing costs, requires thoughtfully reviewing and modernizing the regulatory framework governing kidney care to better encourage competition, innovation, and patient-centered care.
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Kidney Care National Plan

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💡NEW BRIEF: The 2025 Working Families Tax Cut legislation may reduce ESI premiums by up to 2.2-2.5 percent by 2032.
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Financing Medicaid Through Provider Taxes on Hospitals: Spillover Effects on Employment-Based...

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Join us at the next HHS Health Economics and Policy Forum!
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ASPE Health Economics and Policy Forum - October 20, 2026

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ASPE’s Chief Economist and Chief Regulatory Officer Casey Mulligan explains how @CMSGov plans to fix a major flaw in the 340B drug discount program. See more ⬇️statnews.com/2026/10/08/340b…
How CMS plans to fix a major flaw in the 340B drug discount program

How CMS plans to fix a major flaw in the 340B drug discount program

“A small, well-intended discount for safety net hospitals became a large institutional subsidy with expensive unintended consequences,” writes an HHS leader.

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💡NEW BRIEF: @CMSGov reform to the 340B Drug Pricing Program will improve drug affordability and decrease financial incentives for consolidation.
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Mission vs. Margin: Misaligned Incentives in the 340B Drug Pricing Program

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💡NEW BRIEF: Head Start’s 2016 regulation projected minimal cost increases as a tradeoff for quality – but real per child costs rose by nearly 50% without measurable quality increases.
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Directed by Executive Order: Reconsideration of the Regulatory Costs of Head Start’s 2016 Final Rule

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💡NEW BRIEF: States spent 76% of @HHSGov energy assistance funds directly on energy bills.
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Nearly a Quarter of LIHEAP Funds Are Not Spent on Direct Household Energy Assistance, with Four...

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👀 New ASPE report overviews research on teacher-child ratios in early childhood education, finding there is not an optimal ratio that improves child outcomes, though more stringent ratios may increase per child spending. The report concludes that “no single ratio or group size is uniformly viewed as necessary for quality care.” Learn more: bit.ly/46IKpN8
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Market Forces in Medicare Reimbursement: Traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Provider...

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