Paul Farmer Care Quotations

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care.

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?

Even die-hard fans of the market acknowledge that TB care should be free. Why? Because it's an airborne disease and treatment equals prevention.