Robert F. and Sylvia T. Wagner Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, economist, husband, father, Cubs fan, Ironman
Chicago, IL
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Anthony LoSasso retweeted
New from CROWE: Hospital Market Concentration in Wisconsin, 2018-2025: Evidence from Hospital Discharge Data
Seven of Wisconsin's eight regional hospital markets are highly concentrated. All eight grew more concentrated from 2018 to 2025.
crowe.wisc.edu/2026/10/13/ho…
Anthony LoSasso retweeted
Caveman Issues Dire Warning That The Wheel Is Going To Eliminate Countless Jobs buff.ly/u9nCQoL
A $1 trillion Medicaid “cut” sounds dramatic until you notice Medicaid spending never actually falls.
The number reflects a reduction from projected baseline spending, much of which had risen sharply. That distinction matters.
My new @Forbes piece:
forbes.com/sites/anthonylosa…
Anthony LoSasso retweeted
New from CROWE: Hospital Prices in Wisconsin and Illinois: A Cross-State Comparison
Wisconsin hospital prices are 25.6% higher than Illinois for the same inpatient services.
The gap is remarkably consistent across hospitals, procedures, and payers.
crowe.wisc.edu/2026/08/14/ho…
Anthony LoSasso retweeted
A look at how/why Wisconsin health care costs so much. Research from @EconTony
How much difference can crossing a state line make for health care costs?
A new report shared exclusively with The Center Square found Wisconsin hospitals receive 25.6% more than Illinois hospitals for the same services. Even within Advocate Health, Wisconsin hospitals received 23% more for identical services than the company's Illinois facilities.
Researchers say consolidation and reduced competition in Wisconsin's hospital market could be helping drive the difference.
Read more:
thecentersquare.com/wisconsi…
Anthony LoSasso retweeted
The calls went out Saturday. Teams needed to submit their best-and-final offers. Tarik Skubal was being traded that day. Free at ESPN: How baseball’s economics penalize small-market teams that want to go for it and helped deliver Skubal to the Dodgers. espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4954…
Just landed after a quick flight to @fly2ohare. Now for the longest part of the trip: getting to the gate.
Many are calling for health care price controls. In @nytopinion, Lorens Helmchen and I argue that price controls rest on a heroic assumption: regulators can know the right price and keep it from being shaped by the industries regulated. The answer isn’t price by decree. nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opini…
Anthony LoSasso retweeted
"Opposing political review does not mean we should pretend the current system is pristine."
In an #OpEd, @EconTony discusses the nuance of how the grant review process functions.
Read more at: medpagetoday.com/opinion/sec…
The editors of the @NEJM recently invoked Stalin's infamous agronomist Trofim Lysenko to warn of where the administration's proposed "political review" of NIH grants will lead. 🧵
And it misses the real danger. The rule builds a permanent mechanism the next administration inherits, and can aim wherever it likes. Both left and right should distrust it.
Maybe you've seen the PhRMA ad with the tall hospital executive named "Mark" telling staff to "markup" drug prices. But what's the program behind the gag?
My new @Forbes piece on 340B: how a tiny 1992 safety-net program became an $81B opaque revenue mechanism most Americans have never heard of.
forbes.com/sites/anthonylosa…
What can a health economist tell you about peptide dosing or longevity stacks? Nothing. But I have thoughts on what the peptide moment says about risk, regulation, and who gets to decide. New in @medpagetoday: medpagetoday.com/opinion/sec…
