It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

Paul Farmer
About This Quote

This quote is quoted by many, but the message itself is quite simple. It takes a lot of money and time to give high quality medical care to people in rich countries. If we want people to get better, we need to cut down on the expenses or increase the amount of money that we spend on them.

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