"Mehr Druck auf Millionen Arbeitslose ist angesichts der viel kleineren Zahl an Jobs auch rein ökonomisch betrachtet so sinnvoll wie der Glaube, beim Gesellschaftsspiel „Reise nach Jerusalem“ würde schließlich jeder einen Sitzplatz finden, wenn nur alle schneller um die Stühle rennen."
"If anyone is to blame for moving from a professional contract to a jump-through-the-hoops contract it is the government. All this comes, of course, from listening to management consultants who seem to think that people will work only for money and have no concept of professionalism. Professionalism is under threat. It is very sad."
"When the government and insurers have effectively rationed the medical care you receive, and have forced you to pay out of your pocket to receive timely care, are you getting a rebate on your premiums or on the taxes you pay? Hell, no. You still keep paying the same huge premiums and the same 15% out of your paycheck, but you have fewer and fewer doctors to choose from and you have to wait longer and longer for care."
"The private providers of healthcare are like the private providers of computing for Connecting for Health. These greedy people just focussed on milking the NHS cash cow for what they could get while delivering as little as they could get away with - which turns out to have been almost nothing. Why don't governments learn from their mistakes?"
"Menschen können nie Handelsware werden – auch nicht ihre Gesundheit und - nach meinem Dafürhalten - auch nicht als „Arbeitskräfte“. Diese soziale Frage ist in gar keiner Weise gelöst und die durchgehende Ökonomisierung des Gesundheitswesens der falsche Weg."