Areas Quote by John Stossel

Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something for nothing,…

— Thomas Sowell

The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions.…

— Peter Orszag

[Professional politicians] don't mind if price controls cause shortages of health care. In fact, they welcome the prospect, because then they can impose rationing;…

— Murray Rothbard

Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians refusal to give up power. Allowing them to…

— John Stossel

Now, it is sometimes said that medical care is too important to be left to the market, and that it is immoral to profit…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?

— Garry Trudeau

“There are more politics in modern medicine than in modern politics itself. Today's average physician deserves even less trust than today's average politician, as…

— Thomas E. Levy

We want market-based, consumer-based reforms in health care. We want to give people incentives to make wise choices in a marketplace, not centralized choices…

— Tim Pawlenty

Politicians should not be making personal medical decisions for other people.

— Leana S. Wen

“In wrestling with this dilemma, many countries are loosening government controls and injecting market mechanisms, particularly cost sharing by patients, market pricing of goods…

— Michael F. Cannon

Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.

— Barbara Boxer

At today's prices for medicines, doctors and hospitals-if the latter are available at any price-only millionaires can afford to be hurt or sick and…

— Malcolm Forbes