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President Obama spoke to the American Medical Association this week to assure doctors that changes in health care would help them better serve patients. Many studies have shown that patient care and spending vary enormously from community to community, depending on local practices, which are largely determined by doctors.
The health care system has long been accused of emphasizing the quantity — rather than the quality — of care, giving doctors and other health providers incentive to order extra tests and procedures when they don’t improve the outcome. “It is a model that has taken the pursuit of medicine from a profession — a calling — to a business,” President Obama said of the system.
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Here are opinions from eight "experts" on what needs to be done. Like it or not, there will be some action on health care this year.
Doctors’ Pay, a Key to Health Care Reform - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com