you get more money if you prescribe a pill

the ny times published an interesting article by duff wilson today on a study that found that poor children with mental illness or emotional concerns and on medicaid are more likely to be prescribed an antipsychotic medication than their peers with private insurance. why? because doctors are reimbursed more for the prescribing these medications (ones with documented long-term serious side effects) than they would be for therapy.

and yet another reason we need health care reform NOW!