Medicine is practiced differently in different states
Amazing but true! You see, different bodies regulate different things in our health care system. For example, manufacturing companies that make and sell prescription drugs are regulated by the FDA, a federal (national) agency. On the other hand, pharmacists that mix and sell prescription drugs (compounding pharmacists) are regulated by their individual state boards of pharmacy. Likewise, health care practitioners are licensed to practice medicine by the states they live in.
The interesting part is that the state agencies that license health care practitioners are made up of people (usually doctors) often appointed by the governors of the states, or by
“Tested and Proven” doesn’t necessarily mean better
Let’s say a college professor who had been teaching calculus for many years wrote a calculus test for his class to take. And let’s say a 10 year old boy was given the test and managed to pass it. Would that “prove” that the 10 year old has more knowledge and ability in calculus than the professor because he passed the test and the professor hasn’t? Just because the professor hasn’t taken the test doesn’t mean he can’t get a better grade than his students. The professor hasn’t taken the test because he has no incentive to do so.
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