Research Program

Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

The Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy was a partnership between Economic Studies at Brookings and the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. It aimed to inform the national healthcare debate with rigorous, evidence-based analysis leading to practical recommendations using the collaborative strengths of USC and Brookings. The program ran from 2016-2023.

Program Leadership

Richard G. Frank, PhD

Director, Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Perspectives

The Supreme Court Left Millions of Americans Uninsured: Here’s What Congress Can Do to Cover Them

Tackling Unfinished Business and Taking on Current Challenges: Putting Biden’s Mental Health Proposals in Context

What Does Economy-Wide Inflation Mean for the Prices of Healthcare Services (and Vice Versa)?

To Prevent Public Health Crises, We Need to Update the Essential Medical Product List

Program Team

Loren Adler

Associate Director, Center for Health Policy at Brookings
Matthew Fiedler, PhD

Fellow, Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Erin L. Duffy, PhD, MPH

Director of Research Training, USC Schaeffer Center
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center
Paul Ginsburg, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor, Practice of Health Policy and Management, USC Price School of Public Policy
Mark Hall

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, Center for Health Policy at Brookings
Jason Levitis

Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Nonresident Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy