As a presidential candidate, Senator Obama argued that you can't “solve homelessness by mandating everybody buy a house.” Unfortunately, he took a different approach with the ACA. The common sense strategy of addressing the flaws in the current system and producing solutions that target them should serve as the foundation of the Trump administration's efforts to lower costs and expand patient access. One perverse incentive that needs the scalpel is the government's physician reimbursement system.
During the health care debate, proponents of the ACA spoke glowingly of the government's reimbursement system. Yet, as a physician, I know Medicare's and Medicaid's reimbursement system are not these programs' greatest strengths, but actually one of their greatest weaknesses.
