Does Cutting Physician Fees Really Lower Costs? Here's a link to the
post from John Goodman:
If physicians increase utilization sufficiently in response to declining fees, total spending can increase. In fact, a large body of evidence suggests that cutting fees leads to higher utilization when the targeted services account for a large share of physician income.
The results of a
survey on physician-assisted suicide:
Doctors are sharply divided over the question of physician-assisted suicide.
In August-September 2010, Medscape electronically surveyed over 10,000 physicians representing all specialties. Respondents answered a series of ethics questions, including the following: "Are there situations in which physician-assisted suicide should be allowed?" Of the more respondents, 45.8% answered "Yes"; 40.7% answered "No"; and 13.5% said "It depends."
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