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.
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Laws Helping Big Healthcare Crush the Competition – RealClear 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
How California Cheats ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion (with Brian Blase) – The Wall Street Journal (August 2026)
No, Medicaid is not gobbling up state budgets – The 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 Cliff – Open 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 mistake – Portland Press Herald (September 2019)
Targeting E-Cigarette Flavors Is Blaming the Wrong Suspect – Inside Sources (September 2019)
Misleading information on e-cigarettes risks lives – The Hill (August 2019)
Imposing High Taxes on E-cigarettes Misses the Bigger Picture – RealClear 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.
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