David Meyers, Ph.D., MPH

Associate Director for the Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice

Biography

Research Interests: Health insurance, health disparities and health equity, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, value based care, transgender health

Recent News

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Turning a Passion for Public Health into Action

Meehir Dixit ’24, a newly minted Brown alumnus with a concentration in public health, has already found a home as a research assistant in the School of Public Health’s Center for Gerontology & Health Research and Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR).
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Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans has grown substantially in the past few decades, enticing more than half of eligible people, primarily those 65 or older, with low premium costs and perks like dental and vision insurance. And as the private plans' share of the Medicare patient pie has ballooned to 30.8 million people, so too have concerns about the insurers' aggressive sales tactics and misleading coverage claims.
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