"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."
"Es geht darum, dass wir heute eine politisch gewollte Deprofessionalisierung und damit eine Entwertung des Arztberufs erleben, weil ein Arzt, der sich auf seinen Professionsstatus beruft und damit Freiheit im Denken und Behandeln reklamiert, schwieriger zu managen ist."