Karen Davis Quotes on Medicine & Medical (4 Quotes)

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.

We as a nation lose if workers aren't healthy, ... It's an investment in workers' health and productivity to make sure they get the medical care they need.

These findings provide evidence that high-deductible and consumer-driven plans may undermine the two basic purposes of health insurance to reduce financial barriers to needed care and protect against high out-of-pocket cost burdens for patients.

Physician incomes have come down in the past year. Hospital incomes are down.