Undercover Healthcare
USA Today recently ran a story on "undercover patients"-- people who get paid to fake physical illness so they can grade a medical facility's services. The American Medical Association is considering endorsing this practice during its 5-day meeting starting on Saturday.
Although this appears to be an adequate way to get a handling on which medical centers are providing good patients services (and, of course, which aren't), some may consider this unethical.
What do you think? Is the undercover method a good idea to get the real scoop on a hospital? Or would you be upset about running tests on people who really don't need them?