Matthew Heineman

We have a fee-for-service system that rewards quantity, not quality: profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. So doctors order more tests, more procedures, and more drugs - we actually consume more prescription drugs in the U.S. than the rest of the world combined.

Algerian Director

Bill Gates

Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

American Businessman

Kendrick Meek

Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there is a major focus on health care.

American Politician

Sharan Burrow

In terms of emerging economies, we absolutely believe that the prescription is social protection and a minimum wage on which people can live.

Welsh Activist

Tom Scholz

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.

American Musician

Sophia Amoruso

I think it's important that everyone understands that there's no real prescription to having an awesome life.

American Businesswoman

Robert Reich

America is one of few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs.

American Economist

Jeff Van Drew

The status quo on prescription drug prices is deeply broken and unsustainable.

Rebecca Traister

Single female life is not prescription, but its opposite: liberation.

American Author

Jan Schakowsky

I support negotiating authority to lower prescription drug prices.

Remember, a prescription is personal and can't be used by someone else.

Not Transferable

A prescription usually lists specific medicines; you can't choose alternatives.

Specific Medicine

Pharmacies might call the doctor to verify a prescription if unclear.

Verification Needed

In non-medical contexts, 'prescription' refers to a recommended action or remedy.

Metaphorical Use

Unlike medical prescriptions, these are subjective and can vary widely.

Subjectivity

It implies legal rights due to long-term use or claim to something.

Legal Ownership

A period of time must pass for something to be considered 'by prescription'.

Time Dependent

A 'prescription' often implies a specific and exact set of instructions.

Precise Instructions

Failing to follow a prescription can lead to incorrect or poor outcomes.

Follow Carefully

 which makes it sound like a good thing, but what it really is is a shifting of the burden and the responsibility for decision-making from somebody who knows something -- namely, the doctor -- to somebody who knows nothing and is almost certainly sick and thus, not in the best shape to be making decisions -- namely, the patient. There's enormous marketing of prescription drugs

The paradox of choice PIPE...

 But in looking at that, one of the policy prescriptions is that we have to provide disproportionately better education facilities, health facilities, access to social services in those regions of high immigration to address the concerns of those local populations. But while we encourage that around the developing world,

Why Brexit happened --...

 was it was it was an eye-opener because it's like okay this hold on this is really exciting this is really engaging and I want to tell this big story but I just broke my back I brought maybe this isn't as important as I thought and that was sort of the first thing that came to mind and then Pete gave me prescription

Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...

 In the early days, antibiotics were heavily overprescribed, including for viral infections they had no effect on. Scrutiny around prescriptions increased, which is good, but also lowered sales. At the same time, companies began to develop more drugs that are taken over a patient’s lifetime,

How can we solve the...

 The number of opioid painkillers prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of opioid addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. To understand why opioids are so addictive, it helps to trace how these drugs affect the human body from the first dose,

What causes opioid...

 if we're willing to challenge the conventional wisdom with the best experiments science can offer, we can solve this problem. I know it's tempting to want an answer right now, some form of action or policy, some dietary prescription -- eat this, not that —

Peter Attia: What if...

 It's hard to see, there's yellow and blue in there. So what about other outcomes of wealth? Wealth is not just about wealth. We asked, what about things like health? What about availability of prescription medication? What about life expectancy?

How equal do we want the...

 sent home with a diet a prescription and a little booklet about my disease and as i dug into it i learned a dirty little truth two actually the first says in america if you're diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you carry the same health risk

The psychological weight...

 But I believed that if I saved myself from the withdrawal with the drugs that I would never be free of them, and so we buckled ourselves in, and I dropped the last dose. As my brain experienced life without prescription opioids

The agony of opioid...

 the prescription to "be you" can be super challenging. I have been tempted at every step of my career, tempted personally and tempted by coaching of others, to mute who I am in the world.

Prescription