“Lowering Health Care Costs for Nevada Seniors: Taking Action to Bring Down Prescription Drug Prices,” a hearing held August 23, 2022 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 35 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 15:05 mark.
August 24, 2022
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – August 24, 2022
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August 18, 2022
CAAR – University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Pension Research Council Working Papers – August 18, 2022
A. “The Safety Net Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic Recession and the Older Population,” by Robert A. Moffitt and James P. Ziliak (WP2022-16, July 2022, .pdf format, 41p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
repository.upenn.edu/prc_papers/735/
B. “Changes in Retirement Savings During the COVID Pandemic,” by Elena Derby, Lucas Goodman, Kathleen Mackie, and Jacob Mortenson (WP2022-17, August 2022, .pdf format, 37p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
repository.upenn.edu/prc_papers/736/
C. “Saving and Wealth Accumulation among Student Loan Borrowers: Implications for Retirement Preparedness,” by Lisa J. Dettling, Sarena F. Goodman, and Sarah J. Reber (WP2022-18, August 2022, .pdf format, 53p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
repository.upenn.edu/prc_papers/737/
D. “Retirement Security and Health Costs,” by Glenn Follette and Louise Sheiner (WP2022-19, August 2022, .pdf format, 48p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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August 4, 2022
CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Issue Briefs – August 4, 2022
A. “How Much Does Health Spending Eat Away at Retirement Income?” by Melissa McInerney, Matthew S. Rutledge and Sara Ellen King (IB No. 22-12, August 2022, .pdf and Excel format, 7p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-much-does-health-spending-eat-away-at-retirement-income/
B. “How to Think About Recent Trends in the Average Retirement Age?” by Alicia H. Munnell (IB No. 22-11, July 2022, .pdf and Excel format, 9p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-to-think-about-recent-trends-in-the-average-retirement-age/
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July 26, 2022
CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – July 26, 2022
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new MEPS data file (July 2022, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text, SAS, SAS Transport, and Stata format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and Stata, R, SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
– MEPS HC-220G: 2020 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-220G
– MEPS HC-220F: 2020 Outpatient Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-220F
– MEPS HC-220E: 2020 Emergency Room Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-220E
– MEPS HC-220D: 2020 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-220D
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July 22, 2022
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – July 22, 2022
“The last year of life: patterns in health service use and expenditure,” (July 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 34p.).
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March 30, 2022
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – March 30, 2022
“The End of Unexpected Health Care Bills? Implementation of the “No Surprises Act” is Key,” by Jane Sung and James McSpadden (March 2022, .pdf format, 9p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2022/unexpected-health-care-bills-no-surprises-act/
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January 28, 2022
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – January 28, 2022
“Simulating the Impact of the Drug Price Negotiation Proposal in the Build Back Better Act,” by Juliette Cubanski, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman (January 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
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August 26, 2021
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – August 26, 2021
“Disease expenditure in Australia 2018-19,” (August 2021, HTML and .pdf format, 15p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/health-welfare-expenditure/spending-on-disease-in-australia/contents/about
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February 8, 2021
CAAR – US Congressional Budget Office Working Paper – February 8, 2021
“CBO’s Model of Drug Price Negotiations Under the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act,” by Christopher Adams and Evan Herrnstadt (Working Paper 2021-01, February 2021, .pdf format, 28p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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December 22, 2020
CAAR – Urban Institute Report – December 22, 2020
“The Effects of Medicare Buy-In Policies for Older Adults on Health Insurance Coverage and Health Care Spending,” by Bowen Garrett, Jessica Banthin, Anuj Gangopadhyaya, Matthew Buettgens, Adele Shartzer, John Holahan, and Diane Arnos (December 2020, .pdf format, 43p.).
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October 30, 2020
CAAR – US Congressional Budget Office Reports – October 30, 2020
A. “Vietnam Veterans’ Income in Retirement,” (October 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 31p.).
B. “A Review of CBO’s Estimate of Spending From the Department of Defense’s Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund,” (October 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 16p.).
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September 3, 2020
CAAR – Urban Institute Brief – September 3, 2020
“Calibrating a Microsimulation Model of Medicare Policy Reform to Match Administrative Benchmarks for Enrollment and Spending,” by Diane Arnos, Bowen Garrett, Anuj Gangopadhyaya, and Adele Shartzer (September 2020, .pdf format, 12p.).
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August 10, 2020
CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – August 10, 2020
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new MEPS data file (August 2020, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and Stats, SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
– MEPS HC-206A: 2018 Prescribed Medicines File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-206A
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August 6, 2020
CAAR – University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Pension Research Council Working Paper – August 6, 2020
“Building on Hope or Tackling Fear? Policy Responses to the Growing Costs of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias,” by Adelina Comas-Herrera (WP2020-19, July 2020, .pdf format, 26p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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July 24, 2020
CAAR – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report – July 24, 2020
“Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program: A Data Book,” (July 2020, .pdf format, 200p.).
medpac.gov/docs/default-source/data-book/july2020_databook_entirereport_sec.pdf?sfvrsn=0
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July 8, 2020
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers – July 8, 2020
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Older People are Less Pessimistic about the Health Risks of Covid-19,” by Pedro Bordalo, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer (w27494, July 2020, .pdf format, 29p.).
B. “Variation in Health Care Prices Across Public and Private Payers,” by Toren L. Fronsdal, Jay Bhattacharya, and Suzanne Tamang (w27490, July 2020, .pdf format, 58p.).
C. “Physician Characteristics and Patient Survival: Evidence from Physician Availability,” by Joseph J. Doyle Jr. (w27458, July 2020, .pdf format, 38p.).
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June 17, 2020
CAAR – Urban Institute Report – June 17, 2020
“Development and Structure of BETOS 2.0 with Illustrative Data,” by Robert A. Berenson and Mary Jo Braid-Forbes (June 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 43p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/development-and-structure-betos-20-illustrative-data
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June 11, 2020
February 20, 2020
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – February 20, 2020
“Problems Paying Medical Bills, 2018,” by Amy E. Cha and Robin A. Cohen (Data Brief No. 357, February 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – February 20, 2020
A. “Individual and population level impact of chronic conditions on functional disability in older adults,” by Parminder Raina, Anne Gilsing, Alexandra J. Mayhew, Nazmul Sohel, Edwin van den Heuvel, and Lauren E. Griffith (PLoS ONE 15(2): e0229160. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229160, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229160
B. “Differences in medical costs for end-of-life patients receiving traditional care and those receiving hospice care: A retrospective study,” by Ya-Ting Huang, Ying-Wei Wang, Chou-Wen Chi, Wen-Yu Hu, Rung Lin Jr, Chih-Chung Shiao, and Woung-Ru Tang (PLoS ONE 15(2): e0229176. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229176, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 21p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229176
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September 20, 2019
CAAR – Institute for Fiscal Studies [UK] Working Paper – September 20, 2019
“Variation in end-of-life hospital spending in England: Evidence from linked survey and administrative data,” by George Stoye and Tom Lee (W19/22, September 2019, .pdf format, 28p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
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May 16, 2019
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Issue Brief – May 16, 2019
“Savings Medicare Beneficiaries Need for Health Expenses in 2019: Some Couples Could Need as Much as $363,000,” by Paul Fronstin and Jack VanDerhei (May 2019, .pdf format, 10p.). Note: EBRI requires free registration to access full-text.
www.ebri.org/content/savings-medicare-beneficiaries-need-for-health-expenses-in-2019
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February 21, 2019
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Reports – February 21, 2019
A. “Home- and Community-Based Services Beyond Medicaid: How State-Funded Programs Help Low-Income Adults with Care Needs Live at Home,” by Ellen O’Brien and Wendy Fox-Grage (February 2019, .pdf format, 27p.).
longtermscorecard.org/promising-practices/home-and-community-based-services-beyond-medicaid
B. “Defraying High Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs: The Medical Expense Tax Deduction,” by Maxim Shvedov (February 2019, .pdf format, 5p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/defraying-high-out-of-pocket-health-care-costs.html
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December 13, 2018
CAAR – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Working Paper – December 13, 2018
“End-of-Life Medical Expenses,” by Eric French, John Bailey Jones, Elaine Kelly and Jeremy McCauley (Working Paper No. 18-18, December 2018, .pdf format, 38p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of the paper available at:
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October 4, 2018
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – October 4, 2018
“Patient-Focused Care: A Prescription to Reduce Health Care Costs,” a hearing held October 3, 2018 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 33 minutes). Hearing begins at the 14:38 mark.
www.aging.senate.gov/hearings/patient-focused-care-a-prescription-to-reduce-health-care-costs
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June 28, 2018
CAAR – Science Report Abstracts – June 28, 2018
A. “The plateau of human mortality: Demography of longevity pioneers,” by Elisabetta Barbi, Francesco Lagona, Marco Marsili, James W. Vaupel, and Kenneth W. Wachter (Vol. 360, No. 6396, June 29, 2018, p. 1459-1461).
science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6396/1459
B. “Predictive modeling of U.S. health care spending in late life,” by Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Ziad Obermeyer (Vol. 360, No. 6396, June 29, 2018, p. 1462-1465).
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November 27, 2017
November 8, 2017
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – November 8, 2017
“Seniors with High Unreimbursed Health Care Costs: Who Are They?” by Maxim Shvedov (November 2017, .pdf format, 4p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2017/seniors-with-high-unreimbursed-health-care-costs.html
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October 5, 2017
February 1, 2017
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Periodical – February 1, 2017
EBRI Notes (Vol. 38, No. 1, January 2017, .pdf format, 12p.). Note: The article of this issue is “Savings Medicare Beneficiaries Need for Health Expenses: Some Couples Could Need as Much as $350,000,” by Paul Fronstin and Jack VanDerhei.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5527
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July 22, 2016
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Data Release – July 22, 2016
“2015-2025 Projections of National Health Expenditures,” (July 2016, .pdf and zipped Excel and comma-delimited format, 5p.).
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July 14, 2016
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Report – July 14, 2016
“National Health Expenditure Accounts Projections 2015-2025,” (July 2016, .pdf and zipped Excel and comma-delimited format, 5p.).
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April 28, 2016
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – April 28, 2016
“‘Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ Business Model: the Repercussions for Patients and the Health Care System,” a hearing held April 27, 2016 (witness statement available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 3 hours 1 minute). Note: Hearing begins at the 9:54 mark and ends at the 3:10:19 mark
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March 17, 2016
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – March 17, 2016
“Sudden Price Spikes in Decades-Old Rx Drugs: Inside the Monopoly Business Model,” a hearing held March 17, 2016 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 3 hours 14 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 18:03 mark and ends at the 3:32:05 mark.
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February 9, 2016
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – February 9, 2016
A. “Economic Impact of Dementia by Disease Severity: Exploring the Relationship between Stage of Dementia and Cost of Care in Taiwan,” by Li-Jung Elizabeth Ku, Ming-Chyi Pai, and Pei-Yu Shih (PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148779, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148779
B. “The Effect of Intra- and Intergenerational Caregiving on Subjective Well-Being – Evidence of a Population Based Longitudinal Study among Older Adults in Germany,” by Andre Hajek and Hans-Helmut Konig (PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148916, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0148916
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February 2, 2016
January 21, 2016
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Periodical – January 21, 2016
EBRI Notes (Vol. 37, No. 1, January 2016, .pdf format, 16p.). Note: The two articles in this issue are: “Impact of Workplace Wellness-Program Participation on Medication Adherence,” by Paul Fronstin and M. Christopher Roebuck; and, “Differences in Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses of Older Single and Couple Households,” by Sudipto Banerjee.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5526
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