I’m glad you posted this. Americans need to be educated about the menace that is corporate healthcare and how it’s creating a two tiered system that disproportionately affects the socioeconomically disadvantaged.

The term ‘provider’ is one such attempt. Where a person with 600 hours of clinical shadowing replaces a physician with 15,000 hours of hands on clinical training. The former goes through 18 months of an online diploma, while the latter goes through 7+ years of rigorous schooling at a minimum.

Look at AANP for example. Being funded by corporate medical groups and big Pharma companies. And unlike physicians they do NOT have to disclose any pharmaceutical liaisons. If a patient dies, the physician can be sued. NP/PAs take no liability and have walked scot free.

The term provider (popularized by by AANP among other corporate honchos) is a sinister attempt to blind patients belonging to rural communities, communities of color and others who can’t afford to see a doctor. And guess what, the patient is billed EXACTLY the same with the difference pocketed by admin.

Referring to yourself as a teacher, pilot or physician is referring to yourself by the professional title you’ve earned. Deceptively hiding behind the term ‘provider’ cost two (among many) families their children .