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by mentalhealth 3322 days ago
Easily, the single most vocal group about piece work payments are the medical doctors I've talked to.

To be fair, there are unusual incentives in place here -- depending on the specific circumstances, each individual task or procedure a doctor performs may end up being coded differently for insurance reimbursement purposes. The focus of doctors on piece work is incentivized by the way insurance works.