I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.

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So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But...

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But...

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different,...

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different,...

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social...

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social...

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be...

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be...

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to...

I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to...

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination,...

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination,...

I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.

I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor.

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order...

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order...

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade...

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade...

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not...

I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not...

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should...

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should...

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering...

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering...

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one...

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one...

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were...

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were...

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many...

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many...

I'm not an austere person.

I'm not an austere person.

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing...

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing...

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care...

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care...

I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments...

I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments...