The only truly individualistic health-care choice – where you receive care that is unpolluted by anyone elses funds – is to forgo insurance altogether, paying out-of-pocket for health services as you need them. – Thomas Frank
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen. – Thomas Frank
In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task – of taking them to account for what theyve done – and this is especially true in the cultural realm. – Thomas Frank
Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. My liberal blood boils, for example, when I read that half of the personal bankruptcies in this country are brought on, in part, by medical expenses. – Thomas Frank
The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need. – Robertson Davies
We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And Ive got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit youre not listening to them. – Paul Ryan