Health Policy and Regulation
Due to the Unprecedented Nature of H.R. 3, the CBO Analysis is Unreliable and Can’t Inform Policymaking
15 September 2021
As we have discussed in the previous blogs in our Series on H.R. 3, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have attempted to estimate the potential effect…
CBO Doesn’t Capture The Real Impact of H.R. 3 on Innovation
14 September 2021
In our previous blog we discussed how analyses of the impact of H.R. 3 published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) do not reflect the process…
The CBO Doesn’t Understand Investors
13 September 2021
Our second blog in the OHE H.R. 3 Series discusses how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)’s analysis of H.R.3 does not reflect the reality of biopharmaceutical…
H.R. 3 is the Wrong Policy for the Wrong Problem
10 September 2021
US policy makers are discussing an attempt to lower prescription drug spending in the US. US policy makers are currently discussing the Elijah E. Cummings Lower…
OHE is Launching a New Series to Explore the Latest Attempts to Reduce the Cost of US Healthcare
7 September 2021
US healthcare reform is frequently on the US presidential policy agenda. Following the lead from his predecessors, President Obama’s controversial health insurance reform and President Trump’s…
Towards a New Understanding of Unmet Medical Need
22 June 2021
In a commentary piece recently published in Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, OHE authors discuss how the misalignment in interpretations of the term ‘unmet medical…
Allocating Public Spending Efficiently: Is There a Need for a Better Mechanism to Inform Decisions in the UK and Elsewhere?
16 June 2021
Our new paper explores the evidence currently being used to allocate budgets between public sector activities in the UK and its limitations. We argue that there…
Does Government Funding Increase Public Sector Development of New Medicines?
5 March 2021
A new paper, published last week in Applied Economics, by Dimitrios Kourouklis, Senior Economist at OHE, looks at the question of whether government funding increases public…
It Takes Two to Tango: When do Conditional Reimbursement Risk-Sharing Schemes Work for Both Parties?
1 December 2021
Faster regulatory approval has not necessarily achieved faster patient access. A new OHE paper sets out how risk-sharing can tackle this, enabling resolution of differences of…