"Most innovations, unfortunately, actually increase the net..." - Quote by Bill Gates
Most innovations, unfortunately, actually increase the net costs of the healthcare system. There's a few, particularly having to do with chronic diseases, that are an exception. If you could cure Alzheimer's, if you could avoid diabetes - those are gigantic in terms of saving money. But the incentive regime doesn't favor them.
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“Microsoft is a company that manages imagination.”
“Creating a piece of software is always complicated because you're doing something new. If you just wanted something that had been done before you'd just use that old piece of software. So there are no repetitive tasks.”
“We believe the world changes when the boldest thinking is directed at the toughest problems”
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“There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
“We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.”
“Change is not always progress... A fever of newness has everywhere been confused with the spirit of progress.”
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“Having a delivery covered by Medicare just isn't going to fly. It's too risky for a woman to put a baby down and not remember where she left it.”
“We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair and what is just. Health care is a right and not a privilege.”
“What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting public did not want government control of medical care. What is "historic" is that this will be the first administration to show that it doesn't care one bit what the public wants or doesn't want.”