Medicine Quote by Chris Kresser

Here's where the insurance companies really fail us. They over-pay hospitals, specialists and drug companies and then raise premiums to cover the costs. Further,…

— Alex Gibney

Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such…

— Andrew Weil

“Aside from all this, for several of the most important and enduring problems in medicine, we have no idea what the best treatment is,…

— Ben Goldacre

We recognize the significant burden on patients from continued, rising insurance premiums and being forced increasingly to pay the full list price for medicines…

— Heather Bresch

“When possible, quality is founded on evidence-based medicine that not only includes clinical data, but also economic and patient-centered outcomes.”

— David B. Nash

“pharmaceutical companies spend tens of billions of pounds every year trying to change the treatment decisions of doctors: in fact, they spend twice as…

— Ben Goldacre

Insurance companies pay big bucks for procedures but next to nothing for patient consultations and preventive medicine, which is what most medicine is.

— Alex Gibney

Reimbursement is a major determinant of how medicine is practiced. When reimbursement changes, so do medical practice and medical education.

— Dean Ornish

“Evidence based medicine is meant to ensure that quality treatment options are chosen and diagnosis is based on empirical evidence rather than personal assumptions.…

— Bertalan Mesko

What's more difficult than knowing there's an effective treatment for your children, but you can't afford to offer it to them because it's not…

— Elizabeth Emken

Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.

— Nan Hayworth