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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2009-08-31

"A physician takes an oath to put his patient's interests ahead of his own. A corporation is legally bound to put its shareholders' interests first. And this is part of the inherent conflict between health care as a business, part of our economy, and health care as a public good and part of our society. Health care has become a growth industry. That means higher health care bills. That means more and more middle class people cannot afford health care in this country." -- Maggie Mahar, in Money-Driven Medicine (broadcast in the 2009-08-28 episode of the PBS television program Bill Moyers Journal (link includes transcript)

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