Mary Bassett: Self

Quotes 

• Georges Benjamin : About 40 years ago, we started really significantly underinvesting in public health in ways that became real challenges.

  Mary Bassett : In 1980, Ronald Reagan became president of the United States and his presidency really represented an important ideological shift.

  Ronald Reagan : In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem--government IS the problem.

  Mary Bassett : We adopted this idea that all we are is a collection of families. It's parents who are responsible for children. It's each adult who's responsible for his or her health, and the market is the place where we figure out the most efficient options. Now this is just so wrong.