Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine – NPR

Read article - Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about recent research conducted by the Washington Health Alliance that examined waste in spending in healthcare. Welch notes that the findings come back to "Economics 101." The medical system is still dominated by a payment system that pays providers for doing tests and procedures. "Incentives matter," says Welch. "As long as people are paid more to do more they will tend to do too much."