The American people are not ready for the idea that everyone has at least a moral right to good, timely health care. They do agree they have a moral right, in critical cases, to have anything done to save their life, but they don't believe that anyone has a right not to fall that sick to begin with. So if you ask me, "Are we ever succumbing to some notions of solidarity as a nation?," I would say, "Not at all." I would describe us as a group of people who share a geography. That's a better description of Americans than that we're a real nation with a sense of solidarity.
We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry. - Uwe Reinhardt
We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry.
- Uwe Reinhardt
Americans keep telling me they hate government. I always tell them: "Man, I've got a country for you: Go to Afghanistan; they don't have one." So if … - Uwe Reinhardt
Americans keep telling me they hate government. I always tell them: "Man, I've got a country for you: Go to Afghanistan; they don't have one." So if …
The ACA is an ugly patch on an ugly system - and I don't think it's worth mentioning in the context of price or quality transparency. - Uwe Reinhardt
The ACA is an ugly patch on an ugly system - and I don't think it's worth mentioning in the context of price or quality transparency.
The [Hobby Lobby Supreme Court] ruling raises the question of why, uniquely in the industrialized world, Americans have for so long favored an arrang… - Uwe Reinhardt
The [Hobby Lobby Supreme Court] ruling raises the question of why, uniquely in the industrialized world, Americans have for so long favored an arrang…
The bad things are that our financing of health care is really a moral morass. It is a moral morass in the sense that it signals to the doctors and h… - Uwe Reinhardt
The bad things are that our financing of health care is really a moral morass. It is a moral morass in the sense that it signals to the doctors and h…
Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence. - Uwe Reinhardt
Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence.
The issue of universal coverage is not a matter of economics. Little more than 1 percent of GDP assigned to health could cover all. It is a matter of… - Uwe Reinhardt
The issue of universal coverage is not a matter of economics. Little more than 1 percent of GDP assigned to health could cover all. It is a matter of…
Americans believe that the private sector is always more efficient and cheaper than big government, and particularly when you go among Republicans, e… - Uwe Reinhardt
Americans believe that the private sector is always more efficient and cheaper than big government, and particularly when you go among Republicans, e…
We Americans, or half of Americans, think health care is a commodity. Other countries view health care as a social service that should be collectivel… - Uwe Reinhardt
We Americans, or half of Americans, think health care is a commodity. Other countries view health care as a social service that should be collectivel…
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