"Warum brauchen wir den Gesundheitsfonds überhaupt? Er war der Kompromiss, der in der großen Koalition möglich war. Der Fonds ermöglicht der SPD, die Bürgerversicherung einzuführen, und er ermöglicht der Union, die Gesundheitsprämie einzuführen."
"A few years ago I realized that my bonus, based on my "quality" management of diabetes, was compromised by the poor quality of my patients. I then dismissed many of the alcoholics and non-compliant (more correctly, I maneuvered them to dismiss me -- much less hassle); and my bonus scores have greatly improved. I thought I was clever, but I've come to believe that this is exactly what the the network, the insurance companies, and the gov't, wants me to do."
"Brüderle «wies erläuternd darauf hin, dass angesichts der bevorstehenden Landtagswahlen Druck auf der Politik laste und die Entscheidungen daher nicht immer rational seien»."
"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?"