Rashi Fein (February 6, 1926 – September 8, 2014) was an American health economist termed "a father of Medicare" in the United States[2] and "an architect of Medicare",[3] 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[4] (Harvard University Press, 1986, 1989).
[7] Fein served on the Advisory Committee of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action[2] He died of melanoma at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.
He had authored nine books, the most recent of which was Lessons Learned: Medicine, Economics and Public Policy,[14] published in November 2009.
He also served as senior fellow in the economics program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. His 1982 paper "What Is Wrong with the Language of Medicine?
[7] He also had served as a Director at Newbridge on the Charles, a senior living facility, an affiliate of the Harvard Medical School.