“U.S. policy has created a food system that excels at producing flour, sugar and oil but struggles to deliver nutrients at anywhere near the same scale.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“A lot of my job is helping people heal from the trauma of interacting with the medical system.”— Ginette Lenham, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“A 2016 study that followed participants for an average of 19 years found that unfit skinny people were twice as likely to get diabetes as fit fat people. Habits, no matter your size, are what really matter.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“Every discovery in public health, no matter how significant, must compete with the traditions, assumptions and financial incentives of the society implementing it.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“Americans with good jobs live in a socialist welfare state more generous, cushioned and expensive to the public than any in Europe.”— Chris Ladd, forbes.com
“This is the crux of the problem. From doctors to hospitals to labs to device manufacturers to anybody else we want to blame, they don’t overprice things and sell us things we don’t need because they are greedy, evil people. They do it because we tell them to, in the clearest language possible: money…”— Joe Flower, healthcareinamerica.us
“They will tell us to 'trust them' when they say that their [healthcare] alternative is better than the existing law. Please don't. These are politicians who for years have dedicated themselves to the absurd proposition that we are better off as a nation when insurers can discriminate, when the poor…”— Jonathan Gruber, nydailynews.com
“Critics of Obamacare want you to believe that the law has driven costs sharply higher. That's just wrong. Since the ACA's passage, health-care costs have grown at their slowest rate in measured U.S. history; the innovative cost controls put in place by the law are one important reason why.”— Jonathan Gruber, nydailynews.com
“Since the ACA's passage, the number of people covered by employer-provided insurance, which had been in long-term decline, has stabilized. And partly due to cost controls put in place by the ACA, employer health insurance premiums are now $3,600 below where they were projected to be before the law w…”— Jonathan Gruber, nydailynews.com
“SARAH KLIFF: 'Do you think Obamacare’s mandate is strong enough to make the law work? Or do you think it will need to be strengthened at some point?' LARRY LEVITT: 'I think of the mandate as going hand in hand with the subsidies. It is entirely possible that both the mandate penalty and the premium…”— Sarah Kliff, Larry Levitt, vox.com
“SARAH KLIFF: 'Why are Obamacare premiums going up so much this year?' LARRY LEVITT: 'There are three reasons why premiums are going up so much. The first is that more sick people than anticipated enrolled. Insurers are just catching up to the fact that premiums weren’t covering their costs. It seems…”— Sarah Kliff, Larry Levitt, vox.com
“On healthcare, we are going to repeal and replace Obamacare. Countless Americans have been forced into part-time jobs, premiums are about to jump by double-digits yet again, and just this week Aetna announced it is pulling out of the exchanges in North Carolina. We are going to replace this disaster…”— Donald Trump, realclearpolitics.com
“Now, if you’re one of the 30 million Americans who don’t yet have health insurance, starting in 2014 this law will offer you an array of quality, affordable, private health insurance plans to choose from. Each state will take the lead in designing their own menu of options, and if states can come up…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.gov
“I’ve laid out a detailed agenda to jumpstart this virtuous cycle. And you can go to my web site, HillaryClinton.com, and read all about it. And I do admit, I — it’s a little wonky, but I have this old-fashioned idea that if you’re running for President, you should say what you want to do, how you’re…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Still, we know that people are working harder and longer just to keep their heads above water. And to deal with the costs, the everyday costs, the costs of basics like childcare and prescription drugs that are too high. College is getting more expensive every day. And wages are still too low and ine…”— Hillary Clinton, medium.com
“Obamacare needs to be repealed and replaced with a sensible health care system that creates a competitive marketplace, which will reduce costs while providing for the medical needs of all Americans.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Most people with mental health problems aren't violent; they just need help. We have to invest the money and resources to expand treatment programs that can provide that help.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Our mental health system is broken, and it needs to be fixed. Politicians have ignored this issue because it is such a complex problem, and it might cost some big money. But the face is we need to fix this problem now.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Right now the VA is being run by people who don’t know what they’re doing. They’re getting more money from the government than ever before and yet the care gets worse. The list of men and women waiting for care is growing and their wait times are longer. How can the VA possibly be so inefficient? We…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com