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mcmoots's review
5.0
I read this after starting a new job in health insurance (switching from a completely different field); it eased some of my confusion and helped me ask better questions. It is what it says on the tin: Clear and concise.
There is no narrative, but if you're already motivated to ingest the information the authors make it possible to do so efficiently and more or less painlessly. In places it suffers from failure of imagination when discussing the costs/benefits of particular policies or potential alternatives, and such discussions are always minimal. So this won't help you be a better armchair policy wonk or political arguer, except inasmuch as it will prevent you from getting your facts embarrassingly wrong.
Recommended for anyone who woke up one day surprised to find themselves embedded in this mess.
There is no narrative, but if you're already motivated to ingest the information the authors make it possible to do so efficiently and more or less painlessly. In places it suffers from failure of imagination when discussing the costs/benefits of particular policies or potential alternatives, and such discussions are always minimal. So this won't help you be a better armchair policy wonk or political arguer, except inasmuch as it will prevent you from getting your facts embarrassingly wrong.
Recommended for anyone who woke up one day surprised to find themselves embedded in this mess.
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