Rashi Fein
| Rashi Fein | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 6, 1926 The Bronx, New York |
| Died |
September 8, 2014 (aged 88) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Lindwood Memorial Park, 497 North Street, Randolph, MA |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth (Breslau) Fein |
| Institution | Harvard Medical School |
| Field | health economics |
| School or tradition |
providential government |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University |
| Influenced | Medicare, Affordable Care Act |
| Contributions | 'a father of Medicare'; founding member, Institute of Medicine (IOM); Founding Member, National Academy of Social Insurance |
| Awards | Traveling Fellowship, World Health Organization, 1971; John M. Russell Medal, Markle Scholars, 1971; Martin E. Rehfuss Medal and Lectureship; Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Award, 1999; Lifetime Achievement Award "For Fearlessly Promoting the Rights of All to Health Care", Health Care, 2000; Adam Yarmolinsky Medal, Institute of Medicine, 2000; Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Awards, 2009 |
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, 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 served on the Advisory Committee of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action. Fein died in 2014 of melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Rashi Fein began his service to the United States during World War II, in the United States Navy. He spent much of his time after that thinking and writing about health care reform. He was a member of the Truman Commission on the Health Care Needs of the Nation, which as early as 1952 had supported national health insurance and regionalization of health care delivery. Later, he served on President John F. Kennedy’s Council of Economic Advisors as a senior staff member (1961-1963). There, he helped to develop the initial legislation for Medicare, a healthcare model he continued to advocate throughout his life. Professor Fein had also served on the Board of the Committee for National Health Insurance under the leadership of former United Auto Workers President Douglas Fraser and under Walter Reuther on a Board investigating malnutrition in the United States. He was a charter member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), had received numerous honors for service in medical economics, and sat on boards of a number of not-for-profit health care institutions. He had authored nine books, the most recent of which was Lessons Learned: Medicine, Economics and Public Policy, published in November 2009.
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