There are health care centers and surgical centers in existence that are performing procedures on people who are perfectly healthy. These centers are so desperate for money that they “rent” patients to have surgeries they don’t need so that the surgery centers can bill insurance companies for the money. In return, these patients are receiving money – usually a couple thousand dollars – or trips to vacation destinations. Insurance companies have paid out half a billion to these centers, which are practicing what’s being called “rent-a-patient programs.” On the other end of the spectrum, non-profit centers are treating patients like dirt because they don’t have insurance. We are in the early innings of figuring out how to fix out broken health care system, but this development is a clear sign that our system needs immediate help.