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They see the same people but definitely don't get the same treatment. The insurance codes are different and the body of research is different. Putting $1 of research into genetic blindness does nothing for preventing astigmatism, even though patients may go to the same doctor.

Saying that everyone who goes to a therapist, or an oncologist gets the same treatment and therefore should be lumped together is absurd. Most other specialties are moving toward taxonomic differentiation, not away from it.



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