Are physicians financially compensated for prescriptions that they write to their patients?

Was written a prescription for a medication for which I have come to believe much less expensive "over the counter" alternatives exist. or:Was written

Was written a prescription for a medication for which I have come to believe much less expensive "over the counter" alternatives exist.

or:Was written a prescription for a medication for which I have come to believe much less expensive \"over the counter\" alternatives exist.

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