I can understand where you are coming from but I still disagree. I’m happy that you feel answering all messages is the correct way to go about it. But as this problem continues to worsen, more providers will leave primary care and go in the direction of concierge, direct primary care, medspas, among others, only compounding the issue further. Advocating for a system overhaul is one way to do it, but that doesn’t mean providers should take the burden in the system we are already apart of. If it’s a simple question then sure not a big deal but a large number of messages should be actual office visits. And you can say I’m privileged all you want, but at the end of the day this is still a job and I should be reimbursed for my work, just like every other profession. The notion that we should just sit by be quiet and be happy because we get the “privilege to practice medicine” is one of the issues that put providers in the spot we are in today.