Is Medicare ripe for expansion? Two experts debate.
Robert A. Book, PhD
Libris Research
Robert A. Book, PhD, is a health economist and Senior Research Director at Libris Research. He is the Robert A. Levy Fellow in Law and Liberty at George Mason University, and he has also served as Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics at the Heritage Foundation, on the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, as a Senior Associate for The Lewin Group, and as a Research Economist at the Center for Naval Analyses.
Gerald Friedman, PhD
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Gerald Friedman, PhD, is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has been a correspondent on economics for television and other media outlets and a consultant to labor unions. He has drafted funding plans for campaigns for single-payer health insurance in several states and for Physicians for a National Health Plan. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University.
