Surprisingly, doctors are proven to not be angels.

In a great display of the investigative spirit, a survey of doctors has revealed them to be often dishonest people who are first and foremost out to make a buck.

_A third of surveyed doctors said they would order an unnecessary and expensive MRI scan just to get rid of a complaining patient.

_A quarter said they would refer patients to an imaging center in which they had a financial interest without revealing the conflict of interest, which could violate certain laws.

But it's OK, because of the doctors who responded, 28% of their patients are on Medicaid or uninsured.

Please do not the inherent flaw in this as a self-reporting survey: only about half the doctors returned the questionnaire, and obviously, someone who is extremely unethical is either not going to answer, or going to lie.