How Medical Care Is Being Corrupted

New York Times The authors intended audience are patients who looking for medical care. To inform them that's doctors are being penalized or rewarded for the treatments that provide. And those insurers are the reason for this corruption that is accruing in the medical field. This article was written By Pamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman. They are both respected

M.D; Pamela Hartzband is an Assistant Professor at Harvard medical school and Jerome E. Groopman has been a staff writer in medicine and biology for The New Yorker since 1998. He is also the Dina and Raphael Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. They are both credible authors. They claim that medical care is bringing corrupted by insures who penalize or reward doctors for certain treatment plans.

This article shows there point through information given by company's "WellPoint, one of the largest private payers for health care, recently outlined designated treatment pathways for cancer and announced that it would pay physicians an incentive of $350 per month per patient treated on the designated pathway." the belief is that physician Will cause moral licensing” — the physician is able to rationalize forcing or withholding treatment, regardless of clinical judgment or patient preference, as acceptable for the good of the population." I agree with opinion because the information gives no information about people suffering from this but only gives the potential causes for concern I find it hard to take this topic as serious as they have presented it. Congress has also made steps to rectify this situation so in my opinion this is not a strong argument for this issue.