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I don’t know that they get paid by the pill, but they are certainly wined and dined by pill salesmen. This isn’t just a US problem.
If I was a doc, I’d probably just take them up on these freebies but not let it influence my practice or what I prescribe. Honestly it’s not like your insurance is going to cover anything but generics anyway.
You should probably be more concerned about pharma’s lobbying efforts to get their drugs approved.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/PainManagement/story?id=352367&page=1
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/aug/23/health.pharmaceuticals
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/apr/05/drug-companies-pay-doctors-40m
https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/medical-industry-showers-dod-with-free-travel/
Except they got wise to that so now they track what you prescribe, and the freebies come to an end if you stop paying dividends on their investment into you. Source: some documentary that I have now forgotten the name of.