To: ran15
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.
23 posted on
04/02/2006 11:29:59 PM PDT by
therut
To: therut
Massively limiting the liability that health practioners face should be the first step. It should even be much different then liabilities other professionals face. Because other professionals are not dealing with something anywhere near as complex as the human body.
26 posted on
04/02/2006 11:38:50 PM PDT by
ran15
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