Americans believe that the private sector is always more efficient and cheaper than big government, and particularly when you go among Republicans, even after five beers, they still believe it. But I always say, "If it's really true, why would… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
We Americans, or half of Americans, think health care is a commodity. Other countries view health care as a social service that should be… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The American people are not ready for the idea that everyone has at least a moral right to good, timely health care. They do… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence. — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Everybody should have health care, on the one hand. But on the other hand, if you ask Americans, "Are you willing to pay for… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Americans believe that the private sector is always more efficient and cheaper than big government, and particularly when you go among Republicans, even after… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The bad things the U.S. health care system are that our financing of health care is really a moral morass in the sense that… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
If you want to look at a purely socialized health care, you would have to go to the United States, where we have it.… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
We economists, in our classes, teach students that to some degree, price discrimination is actually a good thing; that it allows you to serve… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
There are libertarian values which say private property is the overarching value, the sanctity thereof, and there are egalitarians who say health care should… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
We have a nation where the elite thinks it's OK to advocate a war and send the lower-income people to do the fighting. It's… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The [Hobby Lobby Supreme Court] ruling raises the question of why, uniquely in the industrialized world, Americans have for so long favored an arrangement… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The rich are becoming richer, and the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger. — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
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… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The issue of universal coverage is not a matter of economics. Little more than 1 percent of GDP assigned to health could cover all.… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry. — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
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