Practices
Education
Tufts University, B.A.
Boston University, M.A.
Mr. Alex Brill has a broad range of public policy expertise and experience including tax, pension, trade, budget and health policy matters. Mr. Brill formerly served as the Policy Director and Chief Economist to the House Committee on Ways and Means and oversaw a broad portfolio of legislative matters in addition to assisting then Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) with negotiations with House and Senate leadership offices as well as Senate Finance Committee members.
Prior to his tenure at the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Brill was an economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), where he provided advice and analyses on national and international economic policies for the President. In 2010, Mr. Brill served as a consultant advisor to the President’s Fiscal Commission (Bowles-Simpson Commission). He also currently serves as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Mr. Brill’s health policy focus includes reimbursement matters related to the physician fee schedule, the FDA drug approval process, biosimilars, and Medicare Part B pricing. Mr. Brill’s health policy research includes an investigation of overspending on multi-source drugs in Medicaid, optimal exclusivity policy for biologics drugs, and the consequences of certain taxes and fees within the Affordable Care Act.
He has served as an expert witness in a number of patent litigation cases, testified before Congress on numerous occasions including before the House Committee on Judiciary regarding biologics and regularly appears in the media to discuss the economy and pending federal legislation.
Mr. Brill is the Economic Policy Advisor of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman's Government Relations and Public Policy department. He has a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and an M.A. in Mathematical Finance from Boston University.
Presentations & Speaking Engagements
- November 18, 2020
- Las Vegas, NV, November 2-3, 2017
News
- November 9, 2020
- June 9, 2020
- Hooper, Lundy & Bookman Ranked in the 2020 Edition of US News/Best Lawyers in America Best Law FirmsNovember 2, 2019
- October 1, 2019
- August 5, 2019
- May 8, 2019PRNewswire
- April 25, 2019
- December 21, 2017
- October 25, 2017
- November 17, 2016
- January 8, 2016
- March 17, 2015
- March 5, 2015
- February 12, 2015
- August 20, 2013
Health Care Reform
- February 10, 2021
- January 10, 2021
- December 23, 2020
- December 4, 2020
- November 25, 2020
- September 11, 2020
- August 5, 2020
- July 17, 2020
- July 2, 2020
- June 19, 2020
- June 5, 2020
- May 15, 2020
- March 13, 2020
- March 6, 2020
- February 14, 2020
- February 7, 2020
- January 31, 2020
- January 17, 2020
- November 22, 2019
- October 18, 2019
- August 2, 2019
- July 19, 2019
- July 12, 2019
- June 27, 2019
- June 20, 2019
- May 17, 2019
- May 9, 2019
- May 2, 2019
- April 11, 2019
- April 5, 2019
- March 14, 2019
- March 8, 2019
- March 1, 2019
- February 15, 2019
- October 5, 2018
- September 28, 2018
- September 19, 2018
- September 5, 2018
- August 2, 2018
- July 24, 2018
- July 24, 2018
- July 12, 2018
- June 29, 2018
- June 21, 2018
- June 14, 2018
- June 7, 2018
- May 24, 2018
- May 17, 2018
- May 10, 2018
- April 27, 2018
- April 17, 2018
- April 9, 2018
- March 26, 2018
- March 14, 2018
- March 7, 2018
- February 27, 2018
- February 15, 2018
- February 9, 2018
- January 30, 2018
- January 22, 2018
- January 16, 2018
- January 8, 2018
- December 12, 2017
- November 14, 2017
- November 7, 2017
- October 31, 2017
- October 25, 2017
- October 17, 2017
- October 11, 2017
- October 3, 2017
- September 22, 2017
- September 15, 2017
- September 6, 2017
- August 11, 2017
- July 28, 2017
- July 21, 2017
- July 13, 2017
- July 5, 2017
- June 19, 2017
- June 8, 2017
- May 25, 2017
- May 18, 2017
- May 11, 2017
- May 4, 2017
- April 27, 2017
- April 19, 2017
- April 5, 2017
- March 24, 2017
- March 21, 2017
- March 15, 2017
- March 7, 2017
- February 28, 2017
- February 23, 2017
- February 15, 2017
- February 6, 2017
- January 24, 2017
- January 18, 2017
- January 12, 2017
- January 5, 2017
Health Law Perspectives
- March 6, 2020
- June 20, 2019
- October 15, 2017
- February 1, 2014
Other Publications
- HLB Economic Policy Advisor Alex Brill Analyzes the new rating systemBNA's Medicare Report, May 1, 2015
Publications
"Sequestration's uniform Medicare cut will yield disparate impacts across providers," (with Brett Leitner) The Health Lawyer. (June, 2013).
"Medicare savings the Obama budget plan overlooks," Real Clear Markets. (April 2013).
"The encroaching fiscal cliff: Health care edition," Real Clear Markets. (September 2012).
"Health Policy 101," AEI, Healthcare Reform, contributing author. (June, 2012).
"More Than One Way to Save on Medicaid," State Journal Register. (April, 2012).
"Recognizing the Promise of Vaccines: Public Policy Must Adapt to New Innovations," AEI. (June, 2011).
"Please Actually Read My Research," The American. (April, 2011).
"Saving on Multi-Source Drugs in Ohio's Medicaid Program," Ohio House Health and Human Services Subcommittee. (April, 2011).
"Overspending on Multi-Source Drugs in Medicaid," AEI Online. (March, 2011).
"Another Obama Tax Hike," Wall Street Journal, Healthcare Reform, contributing author. (February, 2010).
"Hitting the Sick in the Wallet," The American. (November, 2009).
"Taxing the Sick: How "Fees" in Health Care Reform Hurt Patients," AEI Online. (October, 2009).
"Statement Before the Judiciary Committee," House Committee on the Judiciary. (July, 2009).
"A Fat Tax That's Hard to Swallow," The American, contributing author. (June, 2009).
"I Pay, You Pay, Variable Co-Pay," AEI, Health, contributing author. (July, 2007).