No matter how many tests or procedures are performed, they [doctors] take home the same amount of money.
This was a striking quote in Saturday's NY Times article on the Obama plan on health care.
How ironic that Obama and Arne Duncan are using threats of withholding stimulus money for education systems if they aren't willing to use differential pay to teachers based on test score results.
Where in the health care proposal do we a similar plan to pay doctors based on making their patients well - let's call it closing the health gap between wealthy and the poor?
A few more quotes for your reading pleasure:
Paul Moore: Business Roundtable Hands Off To ObamaAdministration
This was a striking quote in Saturday's NY Times article on the Obama plan on health care.
How ironic that Obama and Arne Duncan are using threats of withholding stimulus money for education systems if they aren't willing to use differential pay to teachers based on test score results.
Where in the health care proposal do we a similar plan to pay doctors based on making their patients well - let's call it closing the health gap between wealthy and the poor?
A few more quotes for your reading pleasure:
“Our proposals would change incentives so that doctors and nurses finally are free to give patients the best care, not just the most expensive care,” the president saidRelated:Doctors in the United States are usually paid fees for each service they provide. The more procedures and tests they order, the more money they pocket. There is widespread agreement among health policy analysts that many of these procedures are unnecessary, raising costs in ways that often do nothing to improve patient health.
By contrast, Bassett — like the Cleveland Clinic and a small number of other health systems in this country — pays salaries to all of its doctors. No matter how many tests or procedures are performed, they take home the same amount of money. Medical costs at Bassett are lower than those at 90 percent of the hospitals in New York, while the quality of care ranks among the top 10 percent in the nation, surveys show.
Paul Moore: Business Roundtable Hands Off To ObamaAdministration