Mr. Antos's research focuses on the economics of health policy—including Medicare and broader health system reform, health care financing, health insurance regulation, and the uninsured—and federal budget policy. He has written and spoken extensively on the Medicare drug benefit and has led a team of experienced independent actuaries and cost estimators in a study to evaluate various proposals to extend health coverage to the uninsured. His work on the country’s budget crisis includes a detailed plan to achieve fiscal stability and economic growth developed in conjunction with AEI colleagues.  

Joseph Antos is also a health adviser to the Congressional Budget Office and recently completed two terms as a commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.  Before joining AEI, Mr. Antos was Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office and held senior positions in the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Management and Budget, and the President’s Council of economic Advisers.

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Experience

• Member, Panel of Health Advisers, Congressional Budget Office, 2007-present
• Commissioner, Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, 2004-2012
• Adjunct Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001-2005
• Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources, Congressional Budget Office, 1995-2001
• Director, Office of Research and Demonstrations; Deputy Director of the Office of the Actuary; Acting Associate Administrator for Management, Health Care Financing Administration, 1987-95
• Health Financing Consultant to the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Taiwan, 1987-93 and 1998
• Senior Economic Adviser, Europe and New Independent States Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1994-95
• Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1986-87
• Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-86
• Senior Economist, Office of Management and Budget, 1983-85
• Director of Economic Policy Analysis and Senior Economist, Office of Research and  Evaluation, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 1974-83

Education