[ran15]

Exactly or I might to choose to see a physician's assistant about a rash, instead of a doctorate of medicine. With freedom also comes responsbility. In our society we often take away responsiblity and because of that we take away freedom.

[therut]

That is all good and fine. But the nurse practioner or physician assistant is working under a physician. Maybe the law could be changed where that was not so. But then that person would have to charge more as they would have to pay for malpractice insurance to practice medicine solo and their premiums would be even higher than a physicians. We have a nurse Practicioner in my practice. Since we as physicians are legally responsible for her the insurance to cover her is less than 500.00 a year. Her charges are the same as the physicians.