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Medicare payment cuts continue to restrain inflation

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A steady downward trend in health-care services price inflation over the past decade has been a major factor holding down core inflation. Much of this downward trend reflects lower payments from public insurance programs. Looking ahead, current legislative guidelines imply considerable restraint on future public insurance payment growth. Therefore, overall health-care services price inflation is unlikely to rebound and appears likely to continue to be a drag on inflation.

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  • Clemens, Jeffrey & Gottlieb, Joshua D. & Shapiro, Adam Hale, 2016. "Medicare payment cuts continue to restrain inflation," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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    1. Abe Dunn & Adam Hale Shapiro, 2014. "Do Physicians Possess Market Power?," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 57(1), pages 159-193.
    2. Jeffrey Clemens & Joshua D. Gottlieb, 2017. "In the Shadow of a Giant: Medicare’s Influence on Private Physician Payments," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 125(1), pages 1-39.
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    4. Clemens, Jeffrey & Gottlieb, Joshua D. & Shapiro, Adam Hale, 2014. "How much do Medicare cuts reduce inflation?," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
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    1. Williams, John C., 2017. "Interest Rates and the "New Normal"," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
    2. repec:eee:jhecon:v:55:y:2017:i:c:p:153-167 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Williams, John C., 2017. "What’s the Future of Interest Rates? The Answer’s in the Stars," Speech 183, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
    4. Yellen, Janet L., 2017. "Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy : a speech at the "Prospects for Growth: Reassessing the Fundamentals" 59th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Business Economics, Cle," Speech 971, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    5. Jeremy J. Nalewaik, 2016. "Non-Linear Phillips Curves with Inflation Regime-Switching," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2016-078, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
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