>>>> if you want to create special limits on physicians investing in services or products they believe in, you'll need to compensate them some other way. How?
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>Hmm
>So, if a local politician influencing the purchasing decisions is prohibited from investing in companies doing business with the county, we should raise his pay because he can't make an investment that sounds appealing to him?
>Then, he thinks of another investment that he can't make and we give him another raise.
>Hmm...

Actually, take a few steps back. He shouldn't even run for a position where he may get into a conflict of interest. Alternately, some political body should raise such issue before even accepting his candidacy.