> Try to get an appointment to see a doctor

Done this literally dozens of times over the past couple of years for myself, kids, and wife and have never had an issue. Even been offered appointments same or next day. Am I missing something?

Are you urban, suburban, or rural?

Something I've been suspicious of for a while now, the farther from the cities the worse it is. Grocery prices, for example, didn't start rising in the city I'm in until a year or more after I started seeing people complaining about it, and a good chunk of them were suburban or rural.

Suburban

Good for you. I had to wait 5 months to see a specialist.