Tom Price
The Reformer
Changing the system from inside it, principle turned into change.
Tom Price is a former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who has a deep background in medicine and politics. This interview reveals his commitment to reforming healthcare by addressing systemic issues and advocating for patient-centered solutions.
“As they could to help them. But I remember thinking this was hard, hard work and didn't seem to be gratifying for that immediate response that clearly my personality and brain desired.”
“Sure. And that's why you've got to work together to solve it. Because as offensive as it is to some individuals, for other individuals, it is incredibly important. And that's why we need to have a conversation.”
“Was incredibly inspiring in the commitment that they have to the work that they do was just remarkably fulfilling. I started something called a weekly blurb called IMHS to identify individuals within the department who proudly stood up and told their story, kind of the short version of what you walked through with me early in this convers…”
“More collegial and more productive and more positive in the way that it's carried out. And so from my perspective as a formerly practicing physician and as an individual who believes in those principles strongly, if you march down through the things that we want, it will take you in an honest intellectual pursuit.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 242 - Tom Price
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