Popular Writing

For a (nearly exhaustive) list of my non-academic writing, please visit my Muck Rack profile.

From 2022 to 2024, I contributed regularly to the Open Health Policy blog, an initiative of the Open Health Project at the Mercatus Center.

Below, I’ve listed a selection of my recent articles and posts.

Certificate of Need

Laws Helping Big Healthcare Crush the CompetitionRealClear Health (December 2024)

The misguided laws contributing to America’s rural health crisis (with Vitor Melo) – The Hill (April 2024)

SC moves toward historic health care reform (with Vitor Melo) – The Post and Courier (February 2023)

Criminal Justice Reform

Illinois licensing reform has improved employment, reduced crime (with Darwyyn Deyo) – Daily Herald (January 2025)

Medicaid

No, Medicaid is not gobbling up state budgetsThe Washington Times (April 2025)

Medicaid Expansion: Who Are We Talking About?Open Health Policy (March 2023)

The Covid ‘Emergency’ Is All About Medicaid (with Markus Bjoerkheim) – The Wall Street Journal (December 2022)

Medicaid expansion is leaving less for low-income children (with Charles Blahous) – North State Journal (December 2022)

The Medicaid CliffOpen Health Policy (September 2022)

Medicaid and CHIP: A Tale of Two Funding Structures (with Kofi Ampaabeng) – Open Health Policy (August 2022)

E-cigarettes

Vaping Isn’t for Everyone, but It Helps Many (with Steve Pociask) – The Wall Street Journal (September 2019)

Maine’s decision to raise taxes on e-cigarettes was a mistakePortland Press Herald (September 2019)

Targeting E-Cigarette Flavors Is Blaming the Wrong SuspectInside Sources (September 2019)

Misleading information on e-cigarettes risks livesThe Hill (August 2019)

Imposing High Taxes on E-cigarettes Misses the Bigger PictureRealClear Health (July 2019)

COVID-19

D.C. indoor vaccine mandate didn’t spur vaccinations or slow COVID-19 (with Vitor Melo) – Washington Times (April 2023)

Politics aside, did indoor vaccine mandates work? (with Vitor Melo*) – The Hill (March 2023)

Evidence Shows Philadelphia’s Indoor Vaccine Mandate Didn’t Work (with Vitor Melo) – Delaware Valley Journal (March 2023)


* My contribution was not reflected in the byline due to the outlet’s editorial policies against listing research assistants (the title I held at the time) as co-authors.