“As a doctor, let me tell you what self-love does: It improves your hearing, your eyesight, lowers your blood pressure, increases pulmonary function, cardiac output, and helps wiring the musculature. So, if we had a rampant epidemic of self-love then our healthcare costs would go down dramatically. So, this isn't just some little frou-frou new age notion, oh love yourself honey. This is hardcore science.” IfsLoveInspirationalLittlesDoeSelfHelpingAgeBloodLove YouSelf LoveCostAnxietyDoctorsLet MeFunctionIncreasePressureNotionHearingSelf AcceptanceHoneyLove YourselfHealthcareImprovingNew AgeEpidemicsOutputHardcoreBlood PressureEyesightWiringGynecologistsCardiacObstetricians Author:Christiane Northrup
“Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely ‘lipstick’ cost control, more for show and public relations than for true change... Savings will require changing how doctors think about their patients: Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, “as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others.” ThinkingShowsQualityRecordsCuttingEffectsPromiseCostWasteDoctorsRelationPatientMedicalSavingWellnessVagueImprovingImperativesSavingsOathLipstickPublic RelationsPreventionMedical Records Author:Ezekiel Emanuel
“One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate the hospital, such as doctors and nurses.” PeopleReasonCareCostDoctorsIncreaseHealth CareHotelNeglectHospitalsNurseHealth Care CostsDoctors And Nurses Book:People and Performance Source: People and Performance
“Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit about that. When the car companies were found to have a memo that actually said, "This safety feature costs X and saved Y lives," the very existence of that memo was considered damning. Or when you made it reimbursable for a doctor to ask, "Do you want heroic care at the end-of-life," that was a death panel. No, it wasn't a death panel! It was asking somebody to make a decision.” WantMadeSaidEndsRealityCareAsksFoundDecisionDealsExistenceCompanyCarCostResourcesDoctorsAskingSafetyTradeSavedMade ItFeaturesHeroicFiniteEnd Of LifeExplicitTrade OffsMemos Author:Bill Gates
“The principal villain in rising health care costs is the government. Not pharmaceutical companies, not doctors, but government.” GovernmentCareCompanyCostDoctorsHealth CareRisingVillainPrincipalPharmaceuticalPharmaceutical CompaniesHealth Care Costs Author:Neal Boortz
“Americas health care system provides some of the finest doctors and more access to vital medications than any country in the world. And yet, our system has been faltering for many years with the increased cost of health care.” WorldYearsHas BeensCountryCareCostDoctorsAccessHealth CareFinestMedicationHealth Care SystemFaltering Author:Paul Gillmor
“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 pay for it. Very few people want socialized medicine in the U.S. But pressure for it is going to appear with the same hurricane force as the demand for pollution control if the medicine men and hospital operators don't take soon some Draconian measures... At the present rate of doctor fees and hospital costs under Medicare and Medicaid plans [taxpayers] are shovelling in billions with nothing but escalation in sight.” PeopleIfsMenWantTodayForceHurtPayPlansCostDemandDoctorsSickSightPressureMedicineRateAvailableBillionsLatterHospitalsPollutionTaxpayersMillionaireHurricanesMedicareFeesOperatorsMedicaidSocialized MedicineEscalationDraconianMedicare And MedicaidPollution Control Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.” IfsWayBelieveMeanDoeSaidEndsHandsPainSpiritualGoalCostToolsDoctorsUltimateAdversityPainfulSpiritual LifeSurgeryPreparingBetter OffAdvancementSurgeonsUltimate GoalMeans To An End Book:How to Handle Adversity Source: How to Handle Adversity
“We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, "What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?"” PeopleWayChildrenKidsAsksPoorCarCostApproachPicksDoctorsTranquility Author:James Hillman
“Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center.” IfsLooksProblemOrderCommunityRoomsDealsColdWalkingCostTenDoctorsEmergenciesFluDentistDentalEmergency RoomCommunity Health Author:Bernie Sanders
“Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive measures that will keep them out of the doctor's office and drive down the costs of treating serious problems like heart disease and diabetes.” HeartProblemTodayNaturalMillionsSeriousCostOfficeDiseaseYogaDoctorsTherapyIntegratingDiabetesSupplementsHeart Disease Author:Andrew Weil
“Her mom and dad are both doctors and want her to follow her dream, not turn out the way they have, no matter how much it costs them.” WayWantMatterDreamTurnsMomDadCostDoctorsMom And Dad Author:Chuck Palahniuk