Quote by Paul Farmer

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people

Summary

This quote highlights the financial burden of providing subpar medical care to economically disadvantaged individuals within a wealthy nation. It implies that the cost incurred in delivering ineffective healthcare services to those who cannot afford better alternatives is substantial. By emphasizing the monetary aspect, the quote highlights the inefficiency and high economic toll resulting from providing inadequate medical care to the underprivileged population of a wealthy country.

Topics

Science Medicine Poverty Rights

By Paul Farmer

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of l

The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.

Walter Savage Landor

Anger

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortu

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

History

There's a part of me that will always believe that Angel is

There's a part of me that will always believe that Angel is Buffy's true love. That there will be a piece of her heart that will always be with him for the rest of her life.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Life Love Rest

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. I

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.

Arthur C. Brooks

Government

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than a

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

Soul

And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community

And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.

Leadership

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real pr

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.

Alone

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

Sports

Imagine that. You just can't let your entire life go by worr

Imagine that. You just can't let your entire life go by worrying about your damned thighs. You'd never find happiness.

Humor Funny Love Life Lessons

We had every problems starting a big top could have. The ten

We had every problems starting a big top could have. The tent fell down on the first day. We had problems getting people into the shows. It was only with the courage and arrogance of youth that we survived.

Courage

The dissemination of advanced implantable technology will li

The dissemination of advanced implantable technology will likely be just as ruthlessly democratic as the ailments it is destined to treat. Meaning that, someday soon, we may have a new class of very smart, very fast people - yesterday's disabled and elderly.

Daniel H. Wilson

Technology

Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, t

Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.

Opportunity