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Roslyn C. Murray Ph.D., MPP

Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
roslyn_murray@brown.edu
Research Profile

Biography

Dr. Murray is an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University in the School of Public Health. 

Her areas of expertise include health care spending and private insurance markets. Dr. Murray’s primary research examines state policies to address commercial health care prices. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Health Affairs, JAMA Health Forum, and The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Dr. Murray earned her Ph.D. in health policy and economics from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and holds a graduate degree in public policy from Georgetown University.

Recent News

Las Vegas Review Journal

Bill would limit hospital fees in Nevada’s public employee health system

A Nevada bill aims to cap hospital fees for the Public Employees’ Benefits Program to reduce costs, drawing on Oregon's model, which researcher Roslyn Murray of Brown University studied and found led to significant savings without shifting costs to private insurers.
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Axios

States consider raising health premiums for their employees

This news article highlights the study led by Dr. Roslyn Murray on potential savings achieved by capping state employee health plans while discussing how rising health care costs are squeezing state dollars.
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Times Union

NY hospital prices four times higher than doctor's offices, report finds

This article talks about the analysis conducted by CAHPR researchers who find that routine medical care costs four times more in New York’s outpatient hospital facilities than in doctor’s offices, largely due to added facility fees. Economist Christopher Whaley and other experts have long highlighted such pricing disparities, fueling legislative efforts like the proposed Fair Pricing Act to cap these costs.
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Modern Healthcare

Hospitals cry foul as public option enrollment rises

This article covers a Brown University study, published in Health Affairs, which found that the Colorado Option lowered average marketplace premiums by $101 per month since 2020, while exchange premiums nationally rose by 10%.
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Colorado Public Radio

Colorado hits record for health marketplace signup, though federal uncertainty is on the horizon

This article covers criticisms from Colorado’s Health Care Future, which argues that the program has failed to lower premiums, harmed competition, and reduced consumer choices, while the state cites a Brown University analysis showing it provides affordable coverage and limits premium increases driven by rising hospital and provider costs.
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Denver Post

Nearly half of buyers on individual market picked Colorado Option health plans for 2025

This article talks about two conflicting studies on the Colorado Option emerged—one, funded by the insurance industry, found only 2% of plans met the 10% premium reduction goal, while another, by Brown University researchers and backed by the Commonwealth Fund, highlighted it as a model, estimating $100 lower premiums than similar states without a public option.
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