Author: Marcia Angell

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In economic terms, health care is a highly successful industry - profitable, growing, and virtually recession-proof - but it's a massive burden on the rest of the economy.

In economic terms, health care is a highly successful industry - profitable, growing, and virtually recession-proof - but it's a massive burden on the rest of the economy.

- Marcia Angell

I do think that we are an overmedicated society.

I do think that we are an overmedicated society.

- Marcia Angell

Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.

Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.

- Marcia Angell

Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.

Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.

- Marcia Angell

The pharmaceutical industry isn't the only place where there's waste and inefficiency and profiteering. That happens in much of the rest of the health care industry.

The pharmaceutical industry isn't the only place where there's waste and inefficiency and profiteering. That happens in much of the rest of the health care industry.

- Marcia Angell

It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it.

It's not just the right-wing crazies who oppose health reform. In addition, there are many sane Americans who worry about committing a trillion dollars to it.

- Marcia Angell

Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.

Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.

- Marcia Angell

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