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Health Care System Quotes

Candid takes on care, cost, and prevention.

These quotes examine what care systems should provide, from calls to prioritize prevention over crisis response to blunt criticism of how treatment actually gets delivered. See Care quotes for related reflection.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

Quotes by Walter Cronkite

Most of the people who make decisions about global health are in the U.S. and Western Europe. There, the mental health care system is dominated by highly trained, expensive professionals in big hospitals, who often see patients over long periods...

Quotes by Vikram Patel

We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.

Quotes by Valerie Jarrett

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention.

Quotes by Tom Harkin

America Quotes

I believe our health care system is in drastic need of innovative, patient-centered reforms that encourage competition and increase consumer choice, not the bloated bureaucracy, tax increases, rationing, and mandates in the president's government takeover.

Quotes by Tim Griffin

Imagine an America where the health care system is dramatically improved simply because people need to go to the doctor less. Preventive health care, aka taking care of your own body, is a sensible way to go!

Quotes by Tara Stiles

The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.

Quotes by Steve Forbes

Having come from the U.S. and observed the way the health care system works there, we definitely felt that we could do something in India.

Quotes by Shaffi Mather

When companies are trying to find a state to locate a new business or factory, they look at a number of factors - including tax structure, employment base, infrastructure, education system, etc. One of the most important is a strong...

Quotes by Ronnie Musgrove

Best Quotes

Championing quality improvement and value in the health care system is a passion of mine, and I'm able to bring about change through private equity activities.

Quotes by Ron Williams

There is no question in my mind that the health care system has to work.

Quotes by Ron Williams

It's time to look beyond the budget ax to assure access to health care for all. It's time to look for bipartisan solutions to the problems we can tackle today, and to work together for tomorrow - building a health...

Quotes by Ron Wyden

A truly moral health care system should start out by covering all of its citizens with basic health care. It would not be seduced by its technology and fancy buildings.

Quotes by Richard Lamm

I have young kids. The fiscal burden that will be imposed on them is going to depend primarily on whether we tackle this looming problem in our health care system - with rising costs that don't seem, by the way,...

Quotes by Peter Orszag

Business Quotes

Our health care system squanders money because it is designed to react to emergencies. Homeless shelters, hospital emergency rooms, jails, prisons - these are expensive and ineffective ways to intervene and there are people who clearly profit from this cycle...

Quotes by Pete Earley

America's health care system provides some of the finest doctors and more access to vital medications than any country in the world. And yet, our system has been faltering for many years with the increased cost of health care.

Quotes by Paul Gillmor

One thing governors feel, Democrats and Republicans alike, is that we have a health care system that, if you're on Medicaid, you have unlimited access to health care, at unlimited levels, at no cost. No wonder it's running away.

Quotes by Mike Huckabee

The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.

Quotes by Mike Huckabee

America's doctors, nurses and medical researchers are the best in the world, but our health care system is broken.

Quotes by Mike Ferguson

Care Quotes

It's going to take each of us coming together to muster the strength to look in the mirror and ask, 'How can I help create a sustainable health care system for the 21st century?'

Quotes by Matthew Heineman

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main criticism raised in these quotes?
A recurring complaint is that care networks fail at being either genuinely well-run or compassionate, with one speaker arguing the setup barely deserves to be called a system at all.
Do the quotes discuss prevention specifically?
Yes, one line argues that ongoing trouble stems directly from neglecting wellness and early intervention in favor of treating problems only after they occur.
Is there a quote about global health decisions?
Yes, one speaker notes that most worldwide health decisions come from a narrow set of wealthy countries, and that mental health treatment leans on costly, highly trained specialists.
Do any quotes call for better quality of care?
Yes, one line expresses a wish to redesign incentives so the system genuinely delivers the highest quality treatment possible, rather than just addressing symptoms.
What should I browse after these quotes?
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