Anyone looking for a solution to physician quality or availability can find it through direct primary care / concierge care. Personally I pay $60/month to have

Anyone looking for a solution to physician quality or availability can find it through direct primary care / concierge care. Personally I pay $60/month to have unlimited access to my physician in Austin. The physician, in turn, rather than having 40% overhead, has no overhead from billing or insurance. They have simple monthly cashflow that they can allocate to cover rent and wages for their practice. This means that the physician can choose how many patients they have relative to their expenses, and decide how much time they have available on average for each patient. The result is great for the patient, great for the provider, and the sort of thing that will help increase availability of doctors, and their satisfaction with their work. You can find more on this from https://www.dpcare.org https://www.dpcare.org. Here's a map of direct primary care practices: https://mapper.dpcfrontier.com https://mapper.dpcfrontier.com.