there just aren't enough doctors. nobody talks about the cap on licenses that the AMA will issue, which makes it so nobody ever has more than a few minutes with their doctor. It's to the point now where seeing an MD at all is a challenge. You go to the hospital and it's NPs and PAs as far as the eye can see.

it took my wife years to discover a chronic illness. why? every appointment is so short. how is any doctor supposed to diagnose anything so fast? disparate symptoms, patterns that are only noticeable over years, and five minute appointments

and for the record she was dismissed for years by a woman doctor and finally diagnosed by a man. anecdotes are just that.

what we need is more doctors, so we can afford to have more than a few minutes a year with them