>because they get 5 dollars for each patient that buys it You probably won't believe it, but that's not a thing. My wife is a doctor and I can tell you exactly

>because they get 5 dollars for each patient that buys it You probably won't believe it, but that's not a thing. My wife is a doctor and I can tell you exactly how she gets paid. The only real misaligned incentive I've been able to find is that she could pad her paycheck by spending more ordering tests. But she her pet peeve is doctors ordering tests that aren't going to change the course of treatment, so she's definitely not going to do that.