&gt; Family doctors are not likely to be treating a semi-rare condition.<p>Really?<p>I have family members with rare conditions - for example diverticul(it&#x2F;os)is, which affects 0.74% of the population - and they don&#x27;t see specialists. The family physician monitors it. And this is with a &quot;Cadillac&quot; insurance plan.<p>I don&#x27;t think every rare condition automatically gets you in with a specialist.