Quotes by Helen Darling

“He said we need to get more shots up. Were getting used to it.”

“Maybe this is the missing piece. ... I like his philosophy: Run the ball, push the ball, but be smart. He emphasizes timing and spacing, changes of speed and direction.”

“The average we see is more like $12,000 per family,”

“Weve created a nation of very entitled people who think they can have almost everything.”

“They dont like use or lose. They would rather pay with after-tax money than turn money back in.”

“Employers need to measure the cost of any given health plan two different ways: premiums and productivity. Premiums are simple but until the Quality Dividend Calculator, nobody gave you a number showing you how Plan X was going to affect employee productivity. But employers need to know that number in order to determine which plan really represents the best value. The productivity cost of a bad health plan can be very, very high.”

“It has the potential to help lower both short-term and long-term health costs.”

“Its going to radically change medicine. The biggest problem in our country is that we dont have 21st century health IT.”

“Theres no one in the business world who doesnt share the position that the U.S. health care system has a crisis, ... The issue here isnt General Motors. The issue is the unaffordability of health care.”

“It doesnt sound like it is any more than most corporations did 15 to 20 years ago. This isnt going to solve their problem at G.M. Theyre still 15 years behind everybody else.”