The study found that a 10-percentage-point increase in Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration is associated with a 0.8–1.9 percent decrease in total Medicare spending per capita. This translates to a 10-year savings estimate of approximately $59–$144 billion (in 2021 dollars)….
Source: Health Affairs
There are no easy solutions to ease the physician shortage. If doctors agreed to work 12-hour days, seven days a week that would about double the capacity. Of course that’s not going to happen. Or doctors could cut down the length of each visit from 10-15 minutes to 5-7 minutes. I doubt that would really work well either. But what if you could pay to jump to the head of the line? Or pay extra to make the line much shorter? That is possible, if not controversial.
Medical researchers are finding that monoclonal antibodies from a biological drug Xolair (omalizumab) are really good at allergy relief. By good I mean one shot is good for months. It stops allergies at their source, before histamine is released.