There are going to be some restrictions based on demonstrated effectiveness. It's true for physicians. It's true for hospitals. It's true for nurses. The mainstreaming of alternative medicine is going to put alternative medicine under the same scrutiny, the same pressures, and the same required accountability that we put everybody else under in the last few years.
Naturopaths also ought to be considered as primary care physicians.
While some insurers are willing to go along with that, others still refuse. According to Dr. Rubenstein of Group Health, naturopaths don't meet that managed care network's criteria to qualify as primary care doctors. Right now for a physician it requires four years of education in medical school and three years of a residency, and a certain exposure to the types of problems that might confront a primary care physician. In our discussions with naturopaths, we were absolutely convinced that their experience nowhere approaches that of a physician. Let's take a look in your ear here.