- Consumer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health Quotes
Health is measured in more than numbers.
These quotes move between the personal and the civic - years spent caregiving for family, running as a way to protect mental health, and a bridge metaphor used to argue that a society's health depends on its weakest members, not its averages. See our Change Quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
If consumers were more empowered, they would take more responsibility for their health.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the big drivers for me is that health care is a very elitist system. As much as we try to make it free and democratic for all, the reality is that it's expensive and not all therapies are accessible to all people. So I have been very focused on making sure that we democratize genetic information so it's available to everyone.
- Healthcare
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may not know your complete family history, but the reality is everyone has something, and as you get older, you start to worry about these things more. Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's up to all of us, the consumers, to take charge of our health. It's almost like voting. It's your responsibility.
- Great Sense
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that my environment influences my life so much - and that my environment is in my control - gives me a great sense of empowerment over my health and my life.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
- Health Insurance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of having more and more information is really to better be able to predict what is your health outcome going to be.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People want to be in charge of health information. They want it available the same way online banking is available.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's crazy to me that in this world of electronic medical records Walmart has so much information about how we shop, but no one has that information about our health. Why can't my doctor say, 'Wow, Anne, based on your lifestyle and behavior, you're five years from being diabetic.' But I can go to Target, and they know exactly what I'm going to buy.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020