2019-11-04_Time

Sound Bites

‘The problem

is the system is

still entirely too

complex.’

BILL CLINTON, 42nd President of the United States

From the TIME 100 Health Summit

1.3

trillion dollars

The annual budget of the Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services,

accounting for almost one-third of all

federal spending, of which spending on

drugs is the fastest-growing portion,

according to administrator SEEMA VERMA

‘The poorest

women on earth

subsidize health

care globally to the

tune of $1 trillion

with their unpaid

and underpaid

work. That’s

larger than the

economies of over

150 countries.’

DR. RAJ PANJABI, CEO and co-founder

of Last Mile Health

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