Robert Graboyes
- Former Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Robert Graboyes was a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center from 2013-2022. Author of “Fortress and Frontier in American Health Care,” his work asks, “How can we make health care as innovative in the next 25 years as information technology was in the past 25?”
Previously, he was health care advisor for the National Federation of Independent Business, economics professor at the University of Richmond, regional economist/director of education at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Sub-Saharan Africa economist for Chase Manhattan Bank. His work has taken him to Europe, Africa, and Central Asia. An award-winning teacher, he has also taught health economics in graduate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and the George Washington University.
His degrees include a PhD in Economics from Columbia University; master’s from Columbia University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the College of William and Mary; and a bachelor’s from the University of Virginia. He has chaired the National Economists Club, Richmond Association for Business Economics, and National Association for Business Economics Healthcare Roundtable.
He won the Reason Foundation’s 2014 Bastiat Prize for Journalism, an international competition for “writing that best demonstrates the importance of individual liberty and free markets with originality, wit, and eloquence.”
Latest Work
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On Government and Innovation in Healthcare | InsideSources
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Politicization of Public Health and the Danger of Woke Speech Codes | Academia Uncensored
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Arizona Considers Welcome Mat for International Doctors | InsideSources
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- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comment to the Healthy Future Task Force Security Subcommittee
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Planepooling: Reinventing Regional Air Travel | InsideSources
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Wokeness Infects American Medicine | InsideSources
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On Pfizer, COVID, and Charity | InsideSources
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The Pall of Politics Descends Upon American Medicine | Discourse
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Planepooling: It’s Time to Reinvent Regional Air Travel
Latest Work
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
On Government and Innovation in Healthcare | InsideSources
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Politicization of Public Health and the Danger of Woke Speech Codes | Academia Uncensored
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Arizona Considers Welcome Mat for International Doctors | InsideSources
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Comment to the Healthy Future Task Force Security Subcommittee
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Planepooling: Reinventing Regional Air Travel | InsideSources
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Wokeness Infects American Medicine | InsideSources
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
On Pfizer, COVID, and Charity | InsideSources
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Pall of Politics Descends Upon American Medicine | Discourse
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Planepooling: It’s Time to Reinvent Regional Air Travel
Latest Work
- | Healthcare Openness and Access Project 2020: Full Release Healthcare Openness and Access Project 2020: Full Release
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Colorado | #1 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Connecticut | #45 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Delaware | #41 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Florida | #47 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Georgia | #25 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Hawaii | #11 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
- | Healthcare Openness and Access Project 2020: Full Release Healthcare Openness and Access Project 2020: Full Release
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Iowa | #16 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Idaho | #5 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020)
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Illinois | #29 | Healthcare Openness and Access Rankings (2020
Latest Work
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Robert Graboyes on Morning Briefing - ACA SCOTUS Case
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Robert Graboyes on American Radio Journal - ACA SCOTUS Case
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Robert Graboyes on NPR's 1A
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
The Future of Healthcare
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
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Robert Graboyes on Monetary History of Small Coins
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Robert Graboyes on WJR Radio
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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The Promise of Medical Drones
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Robert Graboyes on WUSA-9 TV
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Robert Graboyes on CNN’s “At This Hour”
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Robert Graboyes's "Fortress and Frontier in American Health Care" Research Cited on WUSA9 TV (DC)
Latest Work
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- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
1332 Waivers and Healthcare Supply: Lowering Costs, Improving Quality, and Expanding Access
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- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Better Health for More People at Lower Cost, Year after Year: Greatest Opportunities to Improve America’s Unbroken, but Underperforming Healthcare System
Latest Work
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Arizona Considers Welcome Mat for International Doctors | InsideSources
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Planepooling: Reinventing Regional Air Travel | InsideSources
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Wokeness Infects American Medicine | InsideSources
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
On Pfizer, COVID, and Charity | InsideSources
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Pall of Politics Descends Upon American Medicine | Discourse
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Fortress and Frontier: Healthcare Policymakers Should Worship Change, Not Stasis | Discourse
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How AI Can Make Medicine Fleet as a Fox | InsideSources
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The Machine Starts: Ideology of the Timid | InsideSources
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Fortress and Frontier: The Disruptive Innovator | Discourse
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