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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
User fees are not a new idea, and you're right on that it could provide some of those things. Right now though, it's too difficult constitutionally to apply as it technically restricts access to those who can't afford it.
A better idea is a streaming triage. There can be nurses or other healthcare practitioners directing those who don't need a physician to other care. The trouble now is simply that the gatekeeper for services is the most expensive and hardest to see. That part could be dealt with by triage.
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Sounds like you'd have to hire more nurses.