There already has been. The solution was to pump out physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) that require a fraction of the training of a doctor to get licensed, and then have them practice medicine under the “supervision” of a doctor.
Some states even went as far as giving people with no medical training the right to prescribe, such as naturopaths, whatever that means.
So it is up to each person now to figure out how qualified the person giving them healthcare is.
Also, doctors now have to contend with a handful of large payers. Their customers are mostly the federal/state government, or a handful of managed care organizations like UHC/Elevance/CVS/Cigna/Humana/etc.
I would say doctors’ golden years of having a favorable negotiating position are behind them.
Some states even went as far as giving people with no medical training the right to prescribe, such as naturopaths, whatever that means.
So it is up to each person now to figure out how qualified the person giving them healthcare is.
Also, doctors now have to contend with a handful of large payers. Their customers are mostly the federal/state government, or a handful of managed care organizations like UHC/Elevance/CVS/Cigna/Humana/etc.
I would say doctors’ golden years of having a favorable negotiating position are behind them.