The Health Care Mess

Number of page: 320
Author: Julius B. RICHMOND, Rashi Fein
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674042719
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Category: Health & Fitness

In this important new book, Julius Richmond and Rashi Fein recount the fraught history of health care in America since the 1960s, showing how the promises of medical advances have not been matched either by financing or by delivery of care. As a new crisis looms, and the existing patchwork of insurance is poised to unravel, American leaders must again take up the question of health care. This book brings the voice of reason and the promise of compromise to that debate.

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About The Author

Julius B. Richmond, M.D, is a founder of Head Start and the former Surgeon General under President Jimmy Carter. He is currently the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy, Emeritus, at Harvard University.

Rashi Fein, Ph.D., is Professor of Medical Economics, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School, and the author of "Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy".

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