Andrew Weil Quotes

The growth of medical expenditures in the U.S. is not caused by administrative costs but by increases in the technical intensity of care over time - a.k.a. medical progress.

Every time somebody ends up in a hospital because of a condition that is, we believe, caused by behaviors that they have been willing to pursue, you and I help pay for their care. So we need to try to put some focus on individual responsibility.

I don't look for anybody to pay for health care for me and my family. That's my responsibility.

In the neo-liberal fantasy of individualism. everyone was supposed to be an entrepreneur, retraining or repackaging himself or herself in a synamic economy economy, perpetually alert to the latter's technological revolutions.

What I sacrificed as I pursued my dreams was my comfort, not the lives of other people who looked to me to stay afloat. That alone freed me to take more risks, which did pay off in dividends. Having a safety net is an asset that most people do not have.

The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills.

If you got a stuntman that can do it better than me, go do it. But if they can't do it better than me, I'm doing it myself - plain and simple.

With the right policies and regulations, the opportunities for American medical advancement and scientific innovation are boundless.

I did all kinds of things as a young person to try to make money. I had a chicken operation - I sold chickens. I can remember going to high school football games as a ten-year-old and gathering Coca-Cola bottles, 'cause you'd turn them in and get a nickel. I wanted not to remain idle.

We think healthcare costs should be going down, not up. We think people should be able to keep insurance that they had.

There's not enough competition and innovation in healthcare.

As someone who asks questions for a living, there are few things that annoy me more than people who won't ask for themselves. Social media is a great help, but so is something as simple as turning on your television or powering up your laptop to watch a smart news show.

I've always taken care of myself since I was young. I've always been active and eaten really well.

I chose to continue independent because, at the time I was being offered deals, it wasn't fitting into what I'd imagined. I decided to take a gamble on myself and see what happens.

It's just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.

I don't believe in having safety nets - you'll end up using them!

With no back-up in the industry, it is tough to prove yourself.

If we are going to get a grip on escalating costs, we have to focus more on prevention rather than acute care. Technology can help us do that.

If an individual sticks up a bank and walks off with $25,000, there are consequences. If someone who really could have had an insurance policy consumes $25,000 worth of health care, everyone else pays for that.

I want to drive down health care costs.

Insurers reimburse critical care, not the avoidance of incidents. Therefore, investments are not targeted towards prevention.

Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.

It's such a liberating feeling to go out of your comfort zone, to be independent and strike out on my own without my parents.

In this game, you're on your own. You either sink or swim.

Personally, I do movies the way I cook: I put in what I like in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest of the week.