The education tries to ingrain "do no harm" but then again, human nature is human nature. The folks who go into primary care - i.e. GP's, pediatricians, etc, t

The education tries to ingrain "do no harm" but then again, human nature is human nature. The folks who go into primary care - i.e. GP's, pediatricians, etc, tend to be more altruistic, and think along the lines of preventative medicine. (They certainly aren't in it for the money...). It's really the subspecialties you hear about some random doc who is pushing tests or surgeries somewhere. There is a push behind the new "Accountable Care Model" that tries to incentivize better performance on overall health metrics that tries to address this, but too soon to tell how well it works.