herbal supplement and health care system incentives

This morning I was listening to an older podcast from Adam Ruins Everything about herbal supplements and health care regulation (link).

I think most of us know that herbal supplements are not really regulated and when it has "FDA approved" it only means that it is not extremely dangerous to consume.

What I found fascinating was that the system of incentives in health care does not support preventive care. Dr. Sharfstein claims that hospitals are run like hotels where vacancies are not good.