Andrew Weil Quotes About Health Care

Quotes about: Health Care

• I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system - one that depends on ruinously expensive drugs and surgeries that treat health conditions after they manifest rather than giving our citizens simple diet, lifestyle and therapeutic tools to keep them healthy.

  Andrew Weil

  Health, Simple, Years

  "U.S. manages disease, not health" by Andrew Weil, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2013.

• You can't afford to get sick, and you can't depend on the present health care system to keep you well. It's up to you to protect and maintain your body's innate capacity for health and healing by making the right choices in how you live.

  Andrew Weil

  Healing, Sick, Choices

  "A Call to Action: Why Our Health Matters" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2009.

• As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, that serves you from infancy through old age, that allows you to go to practitioners and facilities of your choosing, and that offers a broad range of therapeutic options.

  Andrew Weil

  Age, Care, Good Health

  Andrew Weil, M.D. (2010). “You Can't Afford to Get Sick: Your Guide to Optimum Health and Health Care”, p.8, Penguin

• We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.

  Andrew Weil

  Powerful, People, Sick

  "The Question No One Asks About Healthcare" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2009.

• I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

  Andrew Weil

  Support, Care, Health Care

  "What’s Wrong With American Medicine?" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2009.

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