Why Does Obama Think Doctors and Patients are Making Irrational Decisions?

There’s an inherent disconnect between POTUS’s hypotheticals and reality: “Mr. Obama’s clinical scenarios represent an excessive—if not erroneous—take on how doctors are influenced by financial incentives. This jaundiced view on medical decision-making may explain why programs the White House is proposing to lower health-care costs rely on the direct regulation of medical decisions.”