> that might appear to be incentive to improve quality

Their goal isn't to provide high quality care. Their goal is to increase profits. It's not hard to imagine how improved quality would lead them to spend more money. (faster diagnoses of serious illnesses and recommending expensive care)

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doodlebugging 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed, increasing quality tends to increase costs and decrease profits so keeping costs aligned with their profit goals automatically degrades quality.

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inigyou 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How many dollars is a dead CEO worth?

	▲	mannanj 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Depends on how much they pay the new CEO to take the job - probably more than the old one, so seems he's worth a lot dead.