Will we solve health care by blaming doctors?

I started my career in the late 1980s and retired just recently. I am very grateful that I caught at least a few years of the “golden age” of medicine because those years made all the difference.
Over my career, I witnessed many different efforts at health care reform proposed, attempted and failed. DRGs, Hillarycare, private insurance capitation, “To Err is Human,” Medicare fraud crackdowns, Global and Bundled payments, general reimbursement cuts, anonymous online patient satisfaction scores, “value-based” reimbursement, Obamacare, EMRs and more.
Anyone who practiced during the same time frame would have to conclude two things:
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 5, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/thomas-d-guastavino" rel="tag" > Thomas D. Guastavino, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs