[bigbob]

I think PAs and NPs have an important role, but not as a substitute for a doctor when one is needed.

On the same hand, I wonder what’s going on with malpractice insurance rates since Obamacare has kicked in?

[bunkerhill7]

I`ve been going to a health center here for 10 years just for flu shots etc and my prescriptions coz it`s close by-and never been seen by a doctor, only by PA`s=.
The PA`s want to inspect me to see if I have any disease anywhere- They want to do all kinds of tests- They did the same thing to my brother who has nothing wrong with him.- All they want to do is do tests on healthy people to the get the money for the tests-
I told the PA when he asked me to have a heart exam- I said- “But I have cardiologist whom I see every year.” He still wanted to do the tests. These PA`s think they are doctors but they just want the money.
They are all quacks, wannabeedocs and health insurance racketeers...

[grania]

I don't mind trained and highly qualified physician's assistants and nurses doing a lot of the routine things. But I do mind if the fees being charged are doctor's fees.

It's like in my horrific hospital incarceration five years ago. They tried to bill the insurance company for a Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist (I have no clue what that was all about). The people who saw me were community college graduates who knew less than I do.

[ncpatriot]

PAs and NPs charge Medicare the same as an MD - I’ve been told.