These workarounds are necessary because the health care system doesn’t follow any rational rules of economics, where the customer should be king. But when everyone is feeling the pain of decreased access and increased costs, physicians currying favors will only foster resentment. Welcome to American health care, I thought. Finally, our insurance system drives up costs for everyone. As a medical student I would never have dreamed of accepting special favors just because I was part of the exclusive M.D.

Source: New York Times June 30, 2016 16:41 UTC