[DIRTYSECRET]

You mean doctors are against competition? It seems the HMO’s were solidly behindObamacare. The just wanted to assure they’d get paid. The devil was in the details. Just like the public school system.

[farming pharmer]

Nurse practitioners (NPs) in particular, the unsung heroes of America’s healthcare workforce...

LOL. Some of the most under trained and over-privileged health care professionals I've ever worked with.

Physician's assistants (PAs) tend to be much better trained (in my experience).

[Gay State Conservative]

I worked with Nurse Practioners and Physician's Assistants at a large,well known hospital. I was in Aministration so I have no formal medical training but my opinion is that an NP or a PA would be valuable working in rural or "under served" areas but in the setting where I worked I can't see a need for them other than for cost cutting.

Regardless of how minor my complaint might be I want an MD who was trained in the civilized world (US,Western and Central Europe,etc) examining me.

For example...we were in Dubai a few years ago.For those unfamiliar with Dubai it's a large,modern city that's right next door to Saudi Arabia.While there my eyes began to bother me like crazy...I was in a bad state.But rather than consult any of the doctors there I called my Opthalmologist's office in Boston and was told that I probably had "dry eye" due to the fact that the humidity there is usually around 10%.Got the drops she recommended and was cured.

No way was I gonna go to a Dubai clinic no matter how modern it looked (99% of Dubai's buildings are less than 10 years old).