I think it is unfortunate that we have had a huge migration of cardiologists out of office to become hospital employees.

let us remember, an accountable care organization begs the question, accountable to whom.

the most valuable thing I have is my time, and if I have got an uninsured patient and I can take care of them at an outpatient surgery site... I am actually ahead even though I didn't make any money that day

activated patients cared about the cost of their care... that patient who has a financial interest, a health savings account owner, for example, in my estimation would be an activated patient.

it is not decentralization, it is recentralization.

A universal vaccine, is that still----

You can just imagine, though, the frustration in 2005 we are told we are 3 to 5 years away.

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