Viral Quotes

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― Robin Cook, Viral

“break”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“It’s more than surprising,” Brian said. “To me it smacks of malpractice, especially when there’s a good chance they didn’t do any testing because I owe them so damn much money and they were afraid they’d not get paid. And that’s on top of treating us like second-class citizens, making us wait for so long.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“Here’s what I think in a nutshell,” Brian said with vehemence. “I think you are running what amounts to fraud with your health insurance coconspirators by taking advantage of this country’s laissez-faire healthcare situation to maximize your profits. In the process, you and your collections people are bankrupting me and hundreds of others.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“with his irritation and anger still at a boiling point, Brian thought again about the two CEOs and how they seemed to be poster children for what was wrong with American medicine and unbridled entrepreneurial capitalism. And as a doer, he knew he couldn’t just passively allow their greediness to go unchallenged and dictate the unraveling of his life. He had to do something. He just didn’t know what.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“turned south as if he were in a trance. Not only was he terrified about the prospects of Emma’s condition, he was now discombobulated and mortified about the possibility that he was facing a horrendous bill he could not pay. All he could hope was that Peerless Health had made a mistake, one that could be rectified by a phone call. Yet from Roger Dalton’s comments, Brian wasn’t all that optimistic. He felt as if he were caught in the outer edges of a whirlpool that had the power to suck him under and drown him.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“No, you don’t get a chance to bargain. As an individual, you have to pay full freight.” “Why is that? Why do I have to pay more than health insurance companies for the same service?” “This is how American hospital-based medicine works,” Roger snapped. “I don’t have time to explain it to you, nor is it my job.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“was distressed when I saw that your carrier was Peerless. Our experience with them has been difficult at best, so I wanted to file the claim as soon as possible.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“To him the area looked more like a prosperous international corporation rather than the nerve center of a city hospital. There was even a glass-fronted conference room with a large mahogany library table and captain’s chairs that looked to Brian more like it belonged in a bank.”
― Robin Cook, Viral

“Why do you have Peerless insurance? Why don’t you have your official NYC insurance? I mean, you were a policeman for years, right? I still have my Adolpho’s plan. It’s really terrific.”
― Robin Cook, Viral