November 13, 2017
The NYT had a lengthy article reporting on the Trump administration’s efforts to reverse the movement away from fee for service payments to doctors initiated by the Obama administration. Tom Price, who had been head of the the Department of Health and Human Services, was a central figure in this effort.
At one point the piece tells readers that Price:
“…had fought against what he saw as unnecessary government intervention since his days as a surgeon in the suburbs north of Atlanta.”
While it is possible that Price “saw” the new payment structures as a “unnecessary” government intervention, we might also think that Price was primarily upset about a payment system that would lower his pay and that of other doctors. It’s good that the NYT was able to determine Price’s true motives for us.
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