The Primal Prescription Quotes

“Moral hazard refers to the fact that people take on greater risks when they are personally shielded from the negative consequences.”
― Doug McGuff, The Primal Prescription: Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole

“It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know the sort of disease a person has.”
― Doug McGuff, The Primal Prescription: Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole

“And if a giant new government agency—perhaps called “Housicare”—were given the power to tax all paychecks in order to pay for all home purchases and apartment rentals (according to an official schedule of prices corresponding to family size and job location), the disruption in the market would be mind-boggling. By severing the direct connection between buyer and seller, consumers’ satisfaction with their homes and apartments would suffer while prices would soar. After a few years of such a nutty system, the housing market would be just as screwed up as … well, as the health care and health insurance markets currently are.”
― Doug McGuff, The Primal Prescription: Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole

“Yes, health care is a crucial component of a person’s lifestyle, and that might make Americans hesitant to rely on “the free market” to deliver it. But food, clothing, and shelter are even more fundamental staples of life, and most Americans would agree that having the government act as a “single payer” for all of their purchases at the grocery store and The Gap would be an absolute disaster.”
― Doug McGuff, The Primal Prescription: Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole