re: Why does it take so long to see a doctor now?

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The reimbursement to the physician is up, so they’re happy.

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It’s all relative. If you adjust for inflation physician pay is down significantly over the past 20-30 years. I’ve heard on average 25-33%, but I have colleagues who got paid the same dollar amount 20 years ago as they do now, which is crazy to me. Medicaid and Medicare keeps slashing reimbursement, and I still don’t think we incentivize primary care enough. Pay in my field is not even keeping up with inflation, but I guess that’s the case for many these days.