Wow, thanks for all that info, Roi5. I still haven't figured out what I am going to do. I just found out that the place up the street from me has 'care teams' made up of several doctors, PA, NP, DO, etc. It's not clear to me that I even have a choice about who I see if I sign up for a 'care team.'

It's really overwhelming. There are *no* doctors accepting patients outside of the two major hospitals and this one care center near my house.

It looks like my state is one of the ones that is loose with who can be an NP. You don't even need a BA!