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Why the profit-driven market model doesn’t work in health care

Author: BY JESSICA SCHORR SAXE Publication Date: 12/17/2015
Source: Charlotte Observer, Op-Ed ⇥

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We now see health care as a commodity. Applying this model to medical care creates perverse incentives.

When I started my medical career, no one talked about the business of medicine

We now view medical care as a commodity, much as we view buying shoes

Health care’s for-profit system creates perverse incentives for those in the industry.

 

Jessica Schorr Saxe is a Charlotte family physician and the chair of Health Care Justice – NC.



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