Doctors don't have to organise themselves in a way that results in them providing cheap and effective healthcare services - they just need to monopolise enough

Doctors don't have to organise themselves in a way that results in them providing cheap and effective healthcare services - they just need to monopolise enough so that nobody dares to go to somebody who isn't a real doctor. You mentioned prescribing new drugs - monopolising prescriptions alone is a huge reason to go to a real doctor. Think you know more? It doesn't matter if you do! Just the way things are. There's a reason firemen are more popular than doctors.