The tragic and shocking murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has ignited a nationwide conversation about the flaws in the health care system, often accompanied by misdirected anger toward physicians. The rhetoric suggesting that physician salaries are the root of the problem oversimplifies a complex issue and distracts from systemic failures. Physician salaries account for only
Why blaming doctors won’t fix the U.S. health care crisis originally appeared in KevinMD.com.