"In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic animal who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behaviour."
"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."
"Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal; that all things appear as they do only by virtue of the delicate individual physical and mental media through which we are made conscious of them; but the prosaic materialism of the majority condemns as madness the flashes of super-sight which penetrate the common veil of obvious empiricism."
"Wir sollten eine verbindliche Regelung machen, dass Kassenärztliche Vereinigungen, also die Ärzteschaft, Patienten innerhalb von zwei bis drei Wochen einen Termin beim Facharzt anbieten müssen. Ansonsten wird ihr Gesamtbudget gekürzt. Dann kriegen die Kassenärztlichen Vereinigungen weniger Geld von den Krankenkassen. Das wäre mal eine wirkliche Hilfe für gesetzlich Versicherte."