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It's not just doubling the medical licenses and slots in the system, it's about breaking the grip of "Doctor required to be present" behavior. Meaning more work in the hands of nurses, ultrasound technicians and other medical staff that aren't doctors but are working in the hospital.

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That would require the dismantling or restructuring of malpractice law and litigation. The reason a doctor is required to be present is so that an individual can be held responsible to their Hippocratic oath when patients get litigious. Non-board certified staff, AFAIK, don't need to take a Hippocratic oath nor do they need to carry the burden of insurance the same way a doctor or nurse practitioner does.

Many doctors don't actually take the hippocratic oath (some make up their own, like wedding vows) and it wouldn't carry any actual legal force, either. It's like the american pledge of allegiance.

I think this is the partial reason, over the past decade, many programs have changes from "Masters"-level to "Doctorate"-level (e.g. NP, PT).

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