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Introduction

In: Health Economics and Policy Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs

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Throughout a long career in health economics, I have not spent much time (or ink) in partisan policy disputes. I have, however, been deeply interested in health policy and in reform of what seems to me to be a dysfunctional health care system in the United States. The first two papers in Part 7 offer extended statements about policy and reform. The first was prepared when I had been in the health field only a little over a decade; the second after 30 years…

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  • Victor R. Fuchs, 2018. "Introduction," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Health Economics and Policy Selected Writings by Victor Fuchs, chapter 37, pages 463-469, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Health; Medical Care; Health Policy; Economics; Health Care Reform; Health Insurance;
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    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development

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