Alan Sager Quotations

This report card does not offer valid ground for reassurance. We have closed half of our hospitals since President Kennedy was inaugurated. In some parts of the state, it means substantially greater travel time to the emergency room.

Private companies can always do what they want, ... I don't think this amendment is going to change business. There's a lot of scaring going on, with folks telling people that if they vote for this, they're discriminating. I can tell you there is no discrimination in our company, and this amendment isn't going to change that.

As brand-name-drug makers raise prices, generic-drug makers will find room to boost their prices to compete for market share,

They have been debating for a year the question of covering everyone . . . and yet it appears that the legislative compromise will only provide $144 million through the new employer assessment . . . in its first three years.

Generic drugs are a side show in a circus, ... They attract a lot of attention, but the main event is the big tent -- the brand-name drug makers.

The law doesn't provide remotely enough to finance affordable decent coverage.