"Der Einfluss unseres Gesundheitssystems am Verlauf der zehn häufigsten lebensbedrohlichen Erkrankungen wird auf etwa 10 % geschätzt. Der Wirkungsgrad liegt im Bereich einer Glühbirne, die mehr heiße Luft als helles Licht produziert."
"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."
"Can rational people ever be comfortable with government control of healthcare through a “single payer” system, knowing that the legislative system of representation is characterized by – and we mean this in the kindest possible way – ignorance, manipulation, short-term thinking, political tribalism and the urge to act in the absence of the facts? Especially when we know that the laws passed will then be administered by unaccountable bureaucracies?"