That's another issue. Doctors are joining unions to get some clout. Representative Campbell in California has a bill in Congress to get us relief from the Sherman anti-trust issue. Some physicians can probably be defined as true employees. But, if you have any supervisory capacity, it will not be contested in our group.
Most physicians have some supervisory capacity, even if they're on salary.
One problem is, we're exploring the formation of a 'negotiating and collective bargaining unit' with the House of Delegates. The problem is that collective bargaining is a legal term, not a medical term. When you say collective bargaining, you put an equal sign up which means unions. And we're adamantly against the withholding of services, or striking. But, almost everywhere in the world it has ever happened, you lose the support of the people who really have needs, and that's your patients.