32 Quotes by Karen Davis

I sound crazy, but I took a little small TV to work with me. It was heavy back then, but it was small and it would fit into a closet and I would bring it out at lunch and watch the show.

Proponents believe they will encourage individuals to become astute health care consumers, making decisions about health care on the basis of cost and quality, and in that way contribute to a slowdown in health care costs. Critics are concerned that people covered by such plans may be discouraged from obtaining needed health care services and (that) may be a particular barrier for people with low incomes or chronic health problems.

...promises to be one of the most influential books of the 21st century.

Your family at the bus barn will miss you. There will be a big void there without you on bus number 20.

It's a pretty minor, very targeted set of policy prescriptions that don't go to the root of our fundamental problems in the health-care system.

It's not as if they are ready to say they won't get you the records. It's not an extra thing.

The average premium for health insurance exceeds the annual income of a minimum wage worker.

In the near future, our nation faces the daunting challenge of meeting the needs of growing numbers of older Americans ? including baby boomers nearing retirement age ? for nursing home, home health, and assisted living care. Healthcare leaders support strategies to spread these costs widely, rather than place the entire burden on individuals or families.

Higher spending doesn't mean we receive more or better care. We simply pay more.