More than one-quarter of Medicare dollars are spent in the last year of life.
― Todd A. Borus, MD, August 13, 2002
The U.S. has the longest life expectancy of any country in the world.
― Robert Novak on "Crossfire", October 20, 2002
Life expectancy in the U.S. is well below that in Canada, Japan, and every major nation in Western Europe. On average, we can expect lives a bit shorter than those of Greeks, a bit longer than those of Portuguese.
― Paul Krugman, The New York Times, October 20, 2002
Doesn't our high and rising national wealth translate into a high standard of living - including good medical care - for all Americans? Well, no. Although America has higher per capita income than other advanced countries, it turns out that that's mainly because our rich are much richer.
― Paul Krugman, The New York Times, October 20, 2002
The U.S. Congress is preoccupied with terrorist threats. But, to my mind, the nursing shortage is a colossal flaw in the American health care system, a life-and-death issue.
― Sheela Murthy, a Washington immigration lawyer advising nurse recruiters and hospitals hiring foreign nurses, February 10, 2003. The federal Health Resources and Services Administration projects that vacant nursing positions, now totaling more than 110,000, will exceed 700,000 by 2020.
Most of the 40 million Americans who lack health insurance pay for our political leaders' health insurance premiums through taxes. Since our leaders as a group have universal health care, why can't they in return find a way to provide that same benefit for us?
― Philip Pollner, MD, chairman of the National Leadership Coalition for Health Care, August 12, 2002
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