Reply #94: I am with the MDs on this

[Carolina]

There is a reason for the years of school plus postgraduate specialty training plus board certification plus recertification!

The PhD in neurobiology is not the one who treats you for your headaches, seizures, potential stroke...

The PhD in neurobiology is not the one who operates on your aneurysm or brain tumor or Chiari malformation

The NP is not the one who does the Cesarean section when mother nature goes south during labor

Your fractured limbs, osteoarthritic knees and hips ... are not surgically repaired/replaced by the PhD anatomist

The list goes on and on, but the MDs pay the high liability insurance because when things go awry with the PAs, NPs and other "doctors," the MDs clean up the mess.