"Basically physicians are saying, 'The things that I used to do for free, I can't afford to do it now,'" Robert Pearl, a Stanford University professor and former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, told Axios. "It's actually much more than just the money. It's really my time."
The growth in high-deductible health plans, which require patients to shoulder more of the cost of their care, also means that patients are looking for ways to avoid visits and so they may message their doctors instead, Pearl said.
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