Title
The Way It Was In Health Policy, And Probably Will Be: Learning Lessons by Rashi Fein (Book Review)
DOI
10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1112
Abstract
Learning Lessons by Rashi Fein is an enjoyable memoir from a scholar and policy adviser unlike any other. Fein’s influential involvement in health care policy dates back to John F. Kennedy’s administration, and his career as a leading health economist paralleled the significant growth in the political influence of health economists following the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Now an emeritus professor of the economics of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Fein writes here about the lessons he learned in medicine, economics, and public policy. His view of the policy process, as a way of coming to terms with life’s unavoidable trade-offs, has much to offer us, too.
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
1-2011
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2011, People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. This article first appeared in Health Affairs: 30:1 (2011), 179-180.
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Recommended Citation
Mayes, Rick. "The Way It Was In Health Policy, and Probably Will Be." Rev. of Learning Lessons: Medicine, Economics, and Public Policy by Rashi Fein. Health Affairs 30, no. 1 (2011): 179-180.
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