Health Quote by Michael E. Porter

When prices are transparent and competition is encouraged, consumers win. We believe that can prove true in health care as it has in every…

— Alex Azar

Health care in America, despite all you hear, still offers us citizens one of the most efficient and highest quality systems in the world.…

— David Harsanyi

“What makes the situation so outrageous is that the healthcare industry has traditionally encouraged the American public to be passive consumers—to wait for developing…

— Elaine R. Ferguson

There is a growing consensus that the European systems have worked better than the American: They have been able to deliver better health care…

— Joseph Stiglitz

“Per capita health care cost in the United States surpasses that of most other developed countries. Despite this, U.S. costs are rising at comparable…

— Michael E. Porter

As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.

— Patricia Hewitt

“Consumers will only be able to play a bigger role in their care, and make better choices, if providers and health plans realign competition…

— Michael E. Porter

There's this fascination in America that more is better: we want that procedure. And more is not necessarily better when it comes to health…

— Matthew Heineman

The consumer is really underutilized in health care.

— Anne Wojcicki

“Many countries have state-dominated or state-run systems with little competition. Their historically lower costs and favorable mortality statistics have led some to advocate that…

— Michael E. Porter

“Other countries spend, on average, only about one-half of what the U.S. spends per capita on health care. Isn’t it reasonable, therefore, for us…

— T. Colin Campbell

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely…

— Paul Ryan