September 19, 2006 3:04PM # Klein on Medicare Meets Mephistopheles By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE No one is going to accuse the *American Prospect’s* Ezra Klein of being a libertarian. (Oh, wait. [I think I did once](https://www.cato.org/2006/05/25/ezra-klein-libertarian/).) Which makes it all the more impressive that he was able to say such kind things about the Cato Institute’s latest health policy book, *[Medicare Meets Mephistopheles](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&pid=1441322)*: > \[T\]he book is actually quite good. I’d happily recommend it to anyone with a basic grasp on health care and a desire to learn a bit more about Medicare. Hyman is a felicitous and fun writer, and he conveys an impressive amount of history and data in as accessible and absorbable a manner as one could hope. I know how tricky it is to make health care a quick and gripping read, and I tip my hat to anyone who is capable of enriching the debate and educating readers by doing so. Full disclosure: Klein was less enamored with Hyman’s analysis and recommendations. (Readers can find those comments in Klein’s post over at *[Tapped](http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/09/post_1449.html)*.) Hopefully, Klein will raise his concerns at the *Medicare Meets Mephistopheles* [book forum](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3122) this Thursday. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).