Brian Blase

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Former Senior Research Fellow
Brian Blase was a Senior Research Fellow focusing on health care policy with the Spending and Budget Initiative at the Mercatus Center. Previously, Brian was with the Senate Republican Policy Committee where he served as a health care policy analyst, and before that worked as senior professional staffer for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Brian received his Ph.D. from GMU in 2013 in economics, with his dissertation on Medicaid.
Blase left the Mercatus Center in January of 2017 to serve as a Special Assistant to the President at the National Economic Council. He is president of Blase Policy Strategies.
Latest Work
- | ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Affordable Care Act Turmoil: Large Losses in the Individual Market Portend an Uncertain Future
- | ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Affordable Care Act in 2014: Significant Insurer Losses despite Substantial Subsidies
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Medicaid Provider Taxes: The Gimmick That Exposes Flaws with Medicaid’s Financing
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
ACA: 2016 and 2017
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
State of the Union: Mercatus Center Experts Share Their Thoughts before Tonight's Event
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Will There Be an ACA Bailout of Insurers?
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Downgrading the Affordable Care Act: Unattractive Health Insurance and Lower Enrollment
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Downgraded ACA Baseline
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
New Research: Affordable Care Act Not Working as Intended
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Focus on Incentives, Not Budget Scores
Latest Work
- | ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Affordable Care Act Turmoil: Large Losses in the Individual Market Portend an Uncertain Future
- | ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis ACA Health Plan Performance Analysis
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Affordable Care Act in 2014: Significant Insurer Losses despite Substantial Subsidies
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Medicaid Provider Taxes: The Gimmick That Exposes Flaws with Medicaid’s Financing
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
ACA: 2016 and 2017
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
State of the Union: Mercatus Center Experts Share Their Thoughts before Tonight's Event
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Will There Be an ACA Bailout of Insurers?
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Downgrading the Affordable Care Act: Unattractive Health Insurance and Lower Enrollment
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Downgraded ACA Baseline
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
New Research: Affordable Care Act Not Working as Intended
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Focus on Incentives, Not Budget Scores
Latest Work
Latest Work
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Focus on Incentives, Not Budget Scores
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Examining Plummeting ACA Enrollment Projections, Part II
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Examining Plummeting ACA Enrollment, Part I
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary