In an interview, last year in the journal Biotechnology Healthcare, Dr. Berwick said, โThe decision is not whether or not we will ration care โ the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open.
Donald BerwickCompetition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.
Donald BerwickIt boggles my mind that the same people who cry โfoulโ about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people โ elders, the poor, the disabled โ who are least able to bear them.
Donald Berwick