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> [In our experience at Safeway, we're confident that we can actually improve the quality of health care while taking costs down and using the savings to help finance coverage of low-income people who are clearly going to need help to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/in-our-experience-at-safeway-we-re-confident-that-we-can-actually/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

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> [I'm no health care expert, but you've got technology that constantly advances the ability to extend life and maybe improve lifestyle. That puts constant upward pressure on health care costs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/i-m-no-health-care-expert-but-you-ve-got-technology-that-constantly/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

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## Other authors on Costs

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robert-reich-80162.jpg) Robert Reich 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/costs/robert-reich/)

## More by Steven Burd

> [We've been paying for 100 percent of preventive care. But if you're not getting annual physicals, then you're not going to gain a financial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/we-ve-been-paying-for-100-percent-of-preventive-care-but-if-you-re/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [If the store were your own business, you'd escort the customer to a product's location in the store and refer to the customer by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/if-the-store-were-your-own-business-you-d-escort-the-customer-to-a/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [In our experience at Safeway, we're confident that we can actually improve the quality of health care while taking costs down and using the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/in-our-experience-at-safeway-we-re-confident-that-we-can-actually/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/i-need-more-personal-time-and-given-my-extensive-work-in-health-care/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [I'm no health care expert, but you've got technology that constantly advances the ability to extend life and maybe improve lifestyle. That puts constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/i-m-no-health-care-expert-but-you-ve-got-technology-that-constantly/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [The first person a customer speaks with has the greatest impact on that customer's impression of Safeway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/the-first-person-a-customer-speaks-with-has-the-greatest-impact-on/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/we-re-trying-to-take-a-leadership-role-in-solving-the-nation-s-health/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [The first job I ever had was right here in San Francisco with Southern Pacific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/the-first-job-i-ever-had-was-right-here-in-san-francisco-with/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [People like to work for a winner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/people-like-to-work-for-a-winner/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [What we have is a pay structure that, on basic wages, is higher than market rate, as a general statement. When you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/what-we-have-is-a-pay-structure-that-on-basic-wages-is-higher-than/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [We're a high-volume, low-margin business, so we decided to reinvent our own approach to health care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/we-re-a-high-volume-low-margin-business-so-we-decided-to-reinvent-our/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [The most challenging part of being CEO is communicating to 200,000 people what you want done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/the-most-challenging-part-of-being-ceo-is-communicating-to-200-000/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

> [You know that a lot of people go to emergency rooms when they don't really need to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-burd/you-know-that-a-lot-of-people-go-to-emergency-rooms-when-they-don-t/)

[Steven Burd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-burd/)

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