"Da arbeiten Politiker Handlungsleitlinien aus, die der Arzt abarbeiten soll. Schon ist der Patient gesund. Eine völlig mechanistische Vorstellung der Medizin."
"As people who are disconnected from the cost spend more and more, suddenly there has to be cuts. Since it is not your money, the people whose money it is (Government) will then decide on how its spent and will have to limit it."
"Wir brauchen einen Wettbewerb um die besten Leistungen. Gleichzeitig müssen wir verhindern, dass es sich finanziell lohnt, mehr kranke Patienten zu haben."
"If you ever find yourself in complete agreement with the public, especially when "public" includes people you wanted to murder in the last election, then your position is not only wrong, it's not even yours."