Budget Quote by John Kitzhaber

I don't want to suggest that controlling pharmaceutical costs is the answer to what ails the U.S. health care system. It isn't.

— John Kitzhaber

There will always be a need for medications and operations, but I do believe costs can be dramatically reduced by improving people's health from…

— Joshua Rosenthal

“Global spending for prescription drugs is surpassing $ 1 trillion annually, with the United States accounting for about one-third of this market.”

— Michael Greger

The pharmaceutical industry isn't the only place where there's waste and inefficiency and profiteering. That happens in much of the rest of the health…

— Marcia Angell

Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications.

— Dennis Hastert

We've had a long wrangle with the pharmaceutical industry about parallel imports, and what we were saying is we want to make medicines and…

— Thabo Mbeki

Drugs should be available for cheap prices for patients.

— Pinarayi Vijayan

The principal villain in rising health care costs is the government. Not pharmaceutical companies, not doctors, but government.

— Neal Boortz

Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there…

— Kendrick Meek

The cost of prescription drugs in this country is far, far higher than in any other country. You may recall that Donald Trump as…

— Bernie Sanders

So here's the situation confronting the drug firms: The drugs cost more to make, but they can't charge more for them. What do they…

— Donald Kennedy

Getting a traditional pharmaceutical to the market can cost a billion dollars or more. Newer, more tailored and targeted drugs called biologics are even…

— David Mixner