Death Quote by The Lancet

“Not included as health spending are expenditures for social services and economic well-being that contribute to health,”

— Elizabeth H. Bradley

“When the authors combine national expenditures in these social domains with the traditional health accounts, a dozen countries spend in aggregate a higher proportion…

— Elizabeth H. Bradley

“Health,1 emphasised this idea of health as an investment rather than an expenditure. The 2001 report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health2 took…

— The Lancet

“And although we are presently ranked first in the world in health-care spending, we are ranked thirty-seventh in overall health-system performance, according to the…

— David Perlmutter

I don't think income solely determines health. I think lots of other things determine health.

— Angus Deaton

All that I can say is that we are spending far more per capita than people in any other country, and our health care…

— Bernie Sanders

We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly…

— Kathleen Sebelius

“with the recognition that the health status of a population depends on much more than health care. In particular, they stress the powerful direct…

— Elizabeth H. Bradley

“increases in expenditures remains a top imperative for policymakers due to the unsustainable growth forecasts and concerns that health care will absorb an increasingly…

— Ken Yale

Health care probably contributes a lot more to the common wealth than finance.

— Timothy Noah

“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

“in 1960, 18 percent of our national income was spent on food while 5 percent was spent on health care. Today 9 percent of…

— Kris Carr