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I don't completely understand what Obama's healthcare reform will consist of, but I imagine that he would try to change the way physicians are paid. As I understand, there are arguments that the current way in which physicians are paid is inefficient because its pay-per-procedure and thus it incentivize physicians to perform more costly procedures, even if its not the best for their patient. However, since many/most ER physicians are paid by the hour, they don't have that problem (or am I wrong?). So, is it safe to say that ER physicians will take less of a hit than other specialties if a plan abolishing pay-per-procedure goes into effect?