[selectodude]

That's half true - we've also made it difficult, if not illegal, for people to receive a lower standard of care.

Anybody with a chronic condition needs to go see a doctor at least once a year in order to get the same prescriptions they've been on for decades. There are dozens, if not hundreds of conditions that could be handled by a pharmacy.

I need an asthma inhaler every so often. I have to call a medical doctor in order to receive a prescription for an asthma inhaler. They're non-narcotic, I will always have asthma. But I need to bother a doctor for a medication that should be over the counter. It's silly.