George,
I greatly respect what you attempted to do in Texas, and appreciate it, and I did all I could to support those efforts as you are aware. You are correct, unless folks can see some benefit they will not seek education. Other fields.......not just ODs many years ago, but Nurses, PTs, NPs, PAs, Dental Hygienists, and every other health-related field have benefited. My research clearly described what the field wanted, and I offered that freely to hopefully improve the field. Unfortunately, it has not been successful, but it is the only path that has been proven time and again.

I wish you the best, my friend, but we will (as usual) agree to disagree.
Warren