Paul Ginsburg Quotations

I think it's probably inevitable that people with a lot of money are going to be getting better care not only than uninsured people but than the bulk of the population.

We're paying for it, but no one can see it.

The probable effect of this would be that there would be no pharmacies left in D.C..

The more expensive our system becomes the bigger the gap between the health care haves and have-nots.

This is probably about as close as you can get to universal. It's definitely going to be inspiring to other states about how there was this compromise. They found a way to get to a major expansion of coverage that people could agree on. For a conservative Republican, this is individual responsibility. For a Democrat, this is government helping those that need help.

This is probably about as close as you can get to universal.

This is a very troubling thing. The economy grew, more people had jobs, yet there was a decline in employer-based health insurance.

It's starting to affect middle-income people as well.

It's certainly not a good sign for providers. United and John Deere have the ability to negotiate lower rates.

It's definitely going to be inspiring to other states about how there was this compromise.

So far, employers have been absorbing a lot of the costs because of the tight labor market, but that's not expected to continue. I expect we'll see more patient cost-sharing. Consumers will have to pay more for their flexibility in choosing providers.

In city after city, when we were talking to hospitals, we kept hearing that there were more uninsured patients seeking treatment.

I don't see any silver bullet out there that is going to alter the trajectory of our health system, which is one of spending more and more to care for fewer and fewer people.

Although aging will likely have an important impact on spending, its magnitude will be dwarfed by the impact of advances in technology and other factors that affect medical-practice patterns.