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"I'm sorry, Mr Percival, but what you've got is not economically treatable."

"We've combine the recovery area with the gift shop... just in case your visitors want to pick up a little souvenir."

Medical Equipment profit chart.

"The real question is whether health care is a basic human right or a bona-fide commercial opportunity."

'Good news, Mr. Blume! Your condition isn't serious - just expensive.'

"Your test results are back. We're going to have to remove your appendix and your wallet."

'You want a nurse present? -- Are you discriminating against me because of my gender?'

Pay Hospital Bill Here.

'I decide reimbursement rates at the Healthcare Exchange of Oz!'

We charge $500 for every nook and $1,200 for every cranny during diagnosis.

John Maynard Keynes

NHS targets

Privatisation of the NHS

Euthanasia Clinic

'Your prescription is ready. How would you like to finance it?'

"No, I didn't say, 'health'. I said I'm concerned about your wealth... Can you afford to pay my bill?"

'He's testing my Hippocratic Oath. He wors for the IRS.'

DOH should create a simple prevalence formula that works.

'Under disclosure rules, I'm required to tell you I own stock in the company whose

'Don't worry, I'll do all I can for you until your health insurance cancels you for getting sick.'

'As a patient I'm glad because the doctor cured me. As a lawyer I'm sad because there's no reason to sue that guy.'

'And once we wipe out the disease, where does that leave us?'

Malpractice Problems

'How much medical skill are you willing to pay for?'

'If the treatment is unsuccessful, do you give back the information I released?'

$10 a step at the doctor's office.

'Hippocrates - Father of Medicine' 'Bureaucracies - Father of H.M.O.s'

Reforms need tweaking not abandoning.

"It's fine to discover cures, but, remember, chronic conditions are our bread and butter."

'You'll need to see a chiropractor. You've dislocated your brain.'

'... And you say you first noticed them just after you had a 'near death experience'?'

"It just appeared after I'd transferred my portfolio into ethical investments."

NHS financial abyss