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Rashi Fein (February 6, 1926 – September 8, 2014) was an American health economist termed "a father of Medicare " in the United States and "an architect of Medicare", was Professor of Economics of Medicine, Emeritus, in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School , and the author of the book Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy ( Harvard University Press , 1986, 1989). His work has included benefit-cost analysis , health care financing , health care workforce policy , health equity , cost containment , the financing of medical education , and health care reform . He was the brother of Leonard J. Fein , also known as Leibel Fein, an American activist and writer, who had taught political science at MIT , became Deputy Director of the Harvard–MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies , and specialized in Jewish social themes. Fein served on the Advisory Committee of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action He died of melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital , in Boston. The Search for a Health Insurance Policy . iUniverse. The International Who's who: 1990-91 .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Rashi Fein (February 6, 1926 – September 8, 2014) was an American health economist termed 'a father of Medicare' in the United States and 'an architect of Medicare', was Professor of Economics of Medicine, Emeritus, in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School , and the author of the book Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy ( Harvard University Press , 1986, 1989). His work has included: benefit-cost analysis , health care financing , health care workforce policy , cost containment , the financing of medical education , and health care reform . He was the brother of Leonard J. Fein , also known as Leibel Fein, an American activist, writer, who had taught political science at MIT and was Deputy Director of the Harvard–MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies , and who specialized in Jewish social themes. Fein died in 2014 of melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Rashi Fein (February 6, 1926 – September 8, 2014) was an American health economist termed "a father of Medicare" in the United States and "an architect of Medicare," was Professor of Economics of Medicine, Emeritus, in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School , and the author of the book Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy ( Harvard University Press , 1986, 1989). His work has included benefit-cost analysis , health care financing , health care workforce policy , health equity , cost containment , the financing of medical education , and health care reform . He was the brother of Leonard J. Fein , also known as Leibel Fein, an American activist and writer, who had taught political science at MIT , became Deputy Director of the Harvard–MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies , and specialized in Jewish social themes.Fein served on the Advisory Committee of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action He died of melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital , in Boston. The Search for a Health Insurance Policy . iUniverse. The International Who's who: 1990-91 .
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american health economist termed 'a father of medicare' in the united states and 'an architect of medicare'
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american health economist termed "a father of medicare " in the united states and "an architect of medicare"
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