“The health-care sector certainly employs more people and more machines...” — Atul Gawande Quote

The health-care sector certainly employs more people and more machines than it did. But there have been no great strides in service. In Western Europe, most primary-care practices now use electronic health records and offer after-hours care; in the United States, most don't.

Providing health care is like building a house. The task requires experts, expensive equipment and materials, and a huge amount of coordination.

In every industrialized nation, the movement to reform health care has begun with stories about cruelty.

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.

Reducing health care costs for families requires increased competition in health insurance.

Whether they're in uniform today or retired, I'll fight to make it easier for our fire fighters and their families to earn a good living with dignity on the job, affordable health care, and a secure retirement.

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health.