Conversely, new treatments for which standard therapies are highly effective should require rigorous documentation of safety. The Center would coordinate activities of the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and Healthcare Finance Administration to ensure their synergistic approach to maximizing the quality of American healthcare delivery. We should set the expectation to continue to lead the world with measurable achievement of goals analogous to our efforts in spaceflight and environmental preservation. Products and services which prolong and enhance life have obvious fundamental appeal. Instead of a timid, primum non nocere approach to our imperfect health-care system, let us systematically improve its performance.
Carpe diem .