‘Double discrimination’: Why Medicare pays more for men’s surgeries

Nearly three decades after researchers first documented that surgeons are paid more for male-specific procedures than comparable female-specific ones, the gap has barely narrowed, and experts say it is now shaping how hospitals allocate operating room time, Vox reported Oct. 7. A 1997 paper in Gynecologic Oncology, titled “Is Adam worth more than Eve?”, found […] The post ‘Double discrimination’: Why Medicare pays more for men’s surgeries appeared first on Becker's Hospita...