I wonder why Insurance companies aren't the ones who confer the medical degree? According to your statement, they are the ones with the power. Or maybe it's the lawyer or the judge? I dunno. But it seems to me that if other MD/Professors aren't willing to call a chiropractor a doctor, then neither am I.
That said, I went to a chiropractor for two years to help my hip that had bothered me for almost six years. It worked, I've never been seriously bothered by it again, and that was eight years ago....
And good luck to the folks looking for summer internships. If you want my chiropractor's name and you feel like living in Idaho for a summer, PM me.