"In truth, the physician reimbursement system is not meant to be understood by mortal man. And that’s the point. It turns out that this incomprehensible physician reimbursement system was set on its current path by one simple desire: to force doctors to covertly ration healthcare."
"Any eventual reform to health care, regardless of who wins, is going to become the usual mess based first on ideological inclination and then processed through the machine of money, industry influence, political pandering and either "compromise" or "cooperation," depending on how one views unwillingness to demand absolutes."
"Ich begreife nicht, dass die 3 Milliarden Euro, die jetzt mehr im System sind, nirgendwo ankommen. Das verstehe ich nicht, und das versteht auch niemand in der Bevölkerung."
"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."