The objection is that, gee, this would be very uncomfortable for docto — Lisa McGiffert

"They wanted to be active partners in deciding where they lived and who cared for them."

"We need to know enough about the cost of medical harm."

"Maybe if patients knew, they wouldn’t see the doctor. Maybe they still would. But they are doing it with their eyes open."

"I have this sense that doctors as a group protect other doctors who are on probation or get in trouble because they think it might happen to them."

"Even when something gets done, it’s never done because the next year the industry, the hospitals, the medical device makers come in and try to erode any kind of progress made on the patients’ behalf."

"Cost of care has attracted a lot of attention, and it’s important that reporters cover it. But quality is just as important, more important really, and it contributes to cost."