This article is about how the unionized doctors are more interested in performing their work at high quality for less money, and how that's in conflict with the

This article is about how the unionized doctors are more interested in performing their work at high quality for less money, and how that's in conflict with their administrator's incentives to have the doctors get paid bonuses to favor quantity at the expense of quality. The administrators are failing at appealing to these doctors' greed because it is outweighed by their sense of professionalism and satisfaction with their current pay. Also, consider that medical expenses in the US are over 3 times what they are in similar countries, while the chart you've linked to shows doctors in the US being paid about 25% more. That's significantly more, but not enough to be driving the absurd costs. I agree that its unfair for the patients to have no bargaining power.