Quotation of the Day
The generic share of total prescriptions dispensed in the US increased from 14% when the Hatch-Waxman legislation was passed [1984] to 42% by 2000 and 92% today. James C. Robinson in JAMA 2022
Category: Quotation
Quotations of the Day: On presentations
It’s not what you tell your players that counts. It’s what they hear. Red Auerbach, former coach of the Boston Celtics The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. George Bernard Shaw
Quotation of the Day: On cost sharing for cancer drugs
This is a few years old, but still very relevant. It’s from a speech by former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on March 7, 2018 titled “Capturing the Benefits of Competition for Patients“ Patients shouldn’t be penalized by their biology if they need a drug that isn’t on formulary. Patients shouldn’t face exorbitant out of pocket…
Quotation of the Day: Concise writing
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero,
Quotation of the Day
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Soren Kierkegaard
Quotation of the Day
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard
Medicare eats the world
In 2020, Medicare premiums and cost sharing were estimated to consume 24 percent of the average Social Security benefit, up from 14 percent in 2000. The Medicare Trustees estimate that in another 20 years, these costs will consume 31 percent of the average Social Security benefit. Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC), March 2021 report
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Once you start trading for yourself, you start thinking for yourself. Yeonmi Park, escapee from North Korea, author of In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom
Quotation of the Day
30. If you listen to successful people talk about their methods, remember that all the people who used the same methods and failed did not make videos about it. “100 Tips for a Better Life” from LessWrong.
Quotation of the Day
“The highest form of wisdom is kindness.” – The Talmud, Brachot 17a