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| Assistant Director |
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Bruce Vavrichek |
| Deputy Assistant Director |
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James Baumgardner (Health) |
| Unit Chiefs |
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Joyce M. Manchester (Long-Term Modeling Group) |
| Division Administrative Assistant |
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Ronald L. Moore |
| Administrative Assistant |
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Judith Cromwell |
| Visiting Fellow |
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Renee Fox |
| Analysts |
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Nabeel A. Alsalam (Education and labor markets) |
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David Auerbach (Private health insurance, uninsured, health workforce, health care spending) |
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Colin Baker (Pharmaceutical industry, private health insurance, health care mandates, public health) |
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Patrick Bernhardt (Assistant) |
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Anna E. Cook (Prescription drugs, pharmaceutical industry) |
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Molly W. Dahl (Income Security and Labor Markets) |
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Noelia J. Duchovny (Medicare payments to physicians, Medicaid, obesity, disability) |
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Philip Ellis (Medicare, private health insurance, comparative effectiveness) |
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Carol N. Frost (Computer modeling, survey analysis) |
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Stuart A. Hagen (Private health insurance, uninsured, long-term care, medical malpractice, Medicaid) |
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Janet Holtzblatt (Employment and income security) |
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Paul Jacobs (Private health insurance, uninsured) |
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Susan H. Labovich (Coordinator; computer modeling, survey analysis) |
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Alexandra L. Minicozzi (Private health insurance, uninsured) |
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Keisuke Nakagawa (Assistant) |
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Lyle Nelson (Medicare, State Children's Health Insurance Program, uninsured) |
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Robert Nguyen (Medicare: prescription drug modeling, payments to providers, managed care) |
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Chapin White (Medicare, payments to providers) |
| Contractor(s) |
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James Bell |
| Long Term Modeling Group |
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Noah P. Meyerson (Long-term Social Security and budget projections) |
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Charles Pineles-Mark (Model development) |
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Jonathan A. Schwabish (Labor force and earnings micro modeling) |
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Michael S. Simpson (Model development) |
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Julie H. Topoleski (Social Security, Medicare, long-term health micro modeling) |
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Ignez M. Tristao (Medicare, Medicaid, long term health micro modeling) |
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Health and Human Resources Division
Dealing with today's most important social policy issues
CBO's Health and Human Resources Division injects nonpartisan economic analyses into public policy debates about some of the most complicated policies and programs that affect the health and well-being of Americans. The division's staff research and write reports for the Congress, draft testimony to be delivered at Congressional hearings, perform detailed analyses of proposed legislation, and assess the impact of various legislative initiatives on the private sector.
In recent years, the division has analyzed some of the most hotly debated domestic policy issues before the Congress:
- Expanding health insurance coverage for children and adults
- Designing a prescription drug benefit in Medicare
- Restructuring Medicare by introducing more competition into the program
- Changing rules regarding the entry of generic drugs into the pharmaceutical market
- Projecting the long-term financial status of Social Security and Medicare
- Modifying Social Security to accommodate the aging of the baby-boom generation
- Explaining the role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market
- Analyzing changes in benefits received by low-income families with children
The Health and Human Resources Division is composed mainly of applied microeconomists who are interested in health policy, labor market analysis, and income security policy. Most have Ph.D.s in economics. The division also includes people with bachelor's degrees who are preparing to do further graduate work in economics or public policy.
The division maintains a highly professional atmosphere that provides many opportunities for staff to expand their knowledge and experience. Senior analysts work closely with newer staff members, and highly skilled computer programmers provide technical support for the large, complex databases (such as the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and Medicare's Current Beneficiary Survey) that are used in many of the division's research projects. Analysts also develop contacts with staff of Congressional committees and brief them on their research. Division staff are encouraged to present their work at meetings of professional associations, and some regularly contribute to academic journals. |
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