"The trouble with many people’s notions of how to bring business innovation to health care is that they are saddled with assumptions that apply to other aspects of the business world, but do not necessarily apply to health care."
"It is my privilege and duty to care for people who come to see me ---- as patients. There is a respect involved with that term which is absent from the term consumer, and which is important in maintaining the dignity of the individual."
"Ich sehe es als meine Pflicht als Abgeordnete an, solche weitgehenden, intransparenten und verfassungsrechtlich schlicht unzulässige Verträgen zu Lasten Dritter durch eine gesetzliche Grundlage abzuschwächen und ihre negative Wirkung zu reduzieren."