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Opinion: Uwe Reinhardt’s ‘Priced Out’ offers lessons in health care costs for all

To Uwe Reinhardt, the elephant in the room in health care debates has always been this fundamental question: To what extent we should be our poor and sick brothers' and…

I had the pleasure — and the misfortune — of publishing several articles with Uwe Reinhardt, the legendary Princeton economist who died in 2017 as a very young 80-year-old.

The pleasure was that Uwe was a great co-author with amazing insights. His ability to present complex ideas in an accessible way will be clear if you read his just-published final book, “Priced Out,” which explores the economic and ethical costs of health care in the U.S.

The misfortune

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