Checkups are becoming luxury goods.

Checkups are becoming luxury goods. “From 2018 to 2023, the number of fee-based practices grew by 83.1 percent” as more primary-care doctors leave insurance-based clinics for concierge and direct primary care. The draw is simple: patients pay a fee “for an easier time getting an appointment or a call back.” The article gives voice to the point that the market dynamics reduce doctors for everyone else. Maybe we could… train more doctors? ~ learn more