Yes, but all those professions require the oversight of a MD.
A doctor, or group of doctors who deeply care about profits.
I&#x27;m not knocking profits.  I know it&#x27;s all about money.  It&#x27;s just when you can&#x27;t increase competition, you have no control over prices. The amount of time, and political BS, a doctor has to go through just to get through medical school is rediculious.  Then there&#x27;s the residency--that&#x27;s the apprentiship.   When they get out--know wonder they want a lot of money for what they went through.<p>I don&#x27;t have a simple answer, but I would like to see more government built medical schools; increasing the supply.<p>I would further like to see most drugs available over the counter, with the exception of antibiotics, and very strong pain killers.<p>I would like to see a society, where a patient who is on a long term medication, only has to see a doctor once a year, or if the patient needs a higher dose.  (Right now most patients only need to see a doctor once a year,  in order to get refills, but very few doctors are willing to authorize a year&#x27;s worth of refills.  They want to bill for those office visits.  I understand it in some situations.  In other situations, I don&#x27;t understand dragging in patients, especially those patients with lousy insurance, or no insurance.)<p>I don&#x27;t have a simple answer.  I&#x27;m on medications--I can&#x27;t just stop.  I&#x27;ve felt hostage to the system for too many years.<p>I am greatful to the Health Care Act though.  I know,  you guys all hate it.  Yes, it has faults, the Insurance&#x2F;Pharmaceutical companies took advantage of, but let&#x27;s see what the system looks like when the next Republician president vetoes it?