TL;DR: Studies show they do the same things as and have the same effects as Medical Doctors.

  • cymbal_king@lemmy.world
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    The main bottleneck in training new doctors (both MD and DO) is that federal funding for medical residency slots have remained mostly unchanged since 1996. Some hospitals have been able to pay for extra slots out of their clinical revenues, but they’ll be facing more financial pressures because of the Big Beautiful Bill.