Policy Simulation

Looking to the Future

By modeling future trends in health, spending, medical technology, longevity and other topics, Schaeffer Scholars are using microsimulation tools to address a range of policy issues.

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Perspective

Rural Americans Don’t Live as Long as Those in Cities

Rural Americans—particularly men—are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts. “Diseases of despair” are fueling this widening gap.

Prevention

Featured Experts: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Bryan Tysinger, Jack M. Chapel

Comment Letter

Comments to CMS on Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Coverage of Anti-Obesity Medications

News

Growing Divide: Rural Men Are Living Shorter, Less Healthy Lives Than Their Urban Counterparts

Comment Letter

Comments in Response to a CBO Call for New Research on Obesity

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The Washington Post

Excess pandemic deaths in the U.S. continue shifting younger, Schaeffer research finds

Featured Experts: Bryan Tysinger, Hanke Heun-Johnson

Featured Article

Lower-Middle-Class Americans Near Retirement Are Worse Off Than 20 Years Ago, New USC and Columbia Study Shows

‘Forgotten middle’ Americans face poorer health, worse economic outcomes and lower homeownership rates, along with increased disability in old age.

Aging