"Sie wollen gesetzlich vorgegebene Budgets durch leistungsgerechte Preise ersetzen. Was heißt das? Das heißt klipp und klar, dass die Ausgaben für die ärztliche Behandlung im ambulanten Bereich deutlich steigen werden. Wir reden dann locker von 4 bis 5 Milliarden Euro."
"One might as well claim that the tide which rubs pebbles smooth on a beach is doing the pebbles a service because being round is prettier than being jagged. It's of no concern to a pebble what shape it is. But it's very important to a person."
"Can rational people ever be comfortable with government control of healthcare through a “single payer” system, knowing that the legislative system of representation is characterized by – and we mean this in the kindest possible way – ignorance, manipulation, short-term thinking, political tribalism and the urge to act in the absence of the facts? Especially when we know that the laws passed will then be administered by unaccountable bureaucracies?"