# Joseph Antos

> Joseph Antos is one of Washington's most-quoted health economists, the Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy and a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute. A University of Rochester PhD who started as a Cornell math major, he spent decades inside the federal machinery - the Congressional Budget Office, the Council of Economic Advisers, OMB, the Department of Labor and HHS - before becoming AEI's go-to voice on Medicare, the federal budget, and market-based reform. He has advised the World Bank and foreign governments, served terms regulating hospital rates in Maryland, and teaches at George Washington University.

- **Role:** Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy and Senior Fellow Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute
- **Organizations:** American Enterprise Institute (AEI), George Washington University, Congressional Budget Office, Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA in Mathematics, Cornell University, MA and PhD in Economics, University of Rochester
- **Known for:** Appointed to AEI's Wilson H. Taylor Chair in Health Care and Retirement Policy, Directed CBO analyses of health, retirement, welfare, labor market and education policy as Assistant Director, Served four terms regulating hospital rates as a commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission

## Career timeline

- **1974-1983** — Director of Economic Policy Analysis at the U.S. Department of Labor
- **1983-1985** — Senior Economist at the Office of Management and Budget
- **1985-1986** — Senior Staff Economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers
- **1986-1987** — Deputy Assistant Secretary / senior role at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- **1987-1998** — International consultant on health reform and financing for the World Bank, USAID and OECD across Eastern Europe and Asia
- **1995-2001** — Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office
- **2001** — Joined the American Enterprise Institute as a resident scholar in health policy
- **2004-2012** — Commissioner (and later vice-chair) of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission
- **2007-2013** — Member of the Panel of Health Advisers for the Congressional Budget Office
- **2013-present** — Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University
- **present** — Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy; Senior Fellow Emeritus at AEI

## Achievements

- Appointed to AEI's Wilson H. Taylor Chair in Health Care and Retirement Policy
- Directed CBO analyses of health, retirement, welfare, labor market and education policy as Assistant Director
- Served four terms regulating hospital rates as a commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission
- Advised the World Bank, USAID and foreign governments on national health financing systems
- One of the most frequently cited and interviewed health economists in U.S. national media

## Links

- Website: https://www.aei.org/profile/joseph-antos/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-antos-6061442/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JosephAntos

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