Doctors and Medicare Cost

One of the great debates of the health care system is how to lower the cost so that it doesnt eat up the budget? One way is by changing the fee-for-service payment of doctors. Doctors are paid based on the number of services they provide. In our current system, some doctors urge patients to get imaging and surgery so that they get paid. Radiologists and surgeons are among the highest ranking doctors since their jobs have a higher risk. But the doctors that we usually visit, such as our pediatrician, arent paid as much yet spend more time engaged with the patient. 

I feel that this gap in pay between specialists and primary care givers is some what unreasonable. I do agree that if doctors such as radiologists and neurologists should get paid more because of the risk factor, but it also seems like just plain doctors are being forgotten. The inequalities are very high and is affecting our health system. Money is a driving force now in our hospitals since the more you perform, the more you get paid.