Posted on 07/10/2015 10:28:41 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
It’s awful. We are destroying our healthcare system. My brother was a doctor (he passed away 5 years ago at 62) and told my son not to go into medicine because this Obamacare will ruin the profession. He was correct.
That is just NOT true. Physician Assistants must first have a BS degree and some medical experience before applying for the PA program which then has medical training.
so.....the quality of the work done by a doctor who formally studied for twelve years is going to be judged by some bureaucrat who earned a BA in Womyn’s Studies from Wassamatta U?
course, who gets to decide what “quality of care” is ?
does this open up the feds & doctors to more malpractice ?
“does raise the question of how much legislative authority can be ceded,”
Congress would just as soon cede it all, if they could keep their money and their women.
The PA program was created by the military to make use of Viet Nam era medics who acquired incredible medical training via the battle field and real life experience. That program is now open to high school grads with no medical experience.
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I don’t know what PA program you are talking about, but the ones my niece and two cousins (3 different schools) have experience with required a college degree with certain classes such as anatomy & physiology. They had to have good G.P.A.s (3.0 or higher), approximately a year of clinical patient contact experience, and 3 letters of professional and/or academic references whom they have known for a minimum of 6 months. Service to country, state/local government and community was valued & was to be included on the application. My niece, who was just accepted for a program beginning this fall, had to compete with over a 1,000 applicants who were all vying for 25 positions. The two cousins (now PAs) had similar experiences. They are paid well, but not as much as doctors.
Condolences on your brother’s death.
I know many of the doctors are not encouraging others to go into the profession because it’s become so burdensome, and the cost of hiring and maintaining staff to meet all gov’t demands has made some deep cuts in their salaries.
We know one guy who had his MD, practiced a year or two, but couldn’t stand the restrictions (and this was several years ago.) He went back to school, got his MBA and now makes lots of $$$ working as an adviser for investments in Big Pharma and biotechnology.
Yep, Obamacare has to get rid of all of those “undesirables”, e.g. elderly, young people with medical problems, and heaven knows who else would be considered a burden on Obama’s society. Why does anyone think that Obama’s society is pushing “right to life choices”. Can anyone say Nazi’s 1933? No man does not learn, that’s why history repeats itself.
It might be worse. They’ll probably use patient satisfaction surveys. If you’re familiar with reading reviews of anything on the Internet, you’ll know that things will get rated one star for the silliest and most irrelevant reasons.
My son did end up getting a BA in Biology. And he has just completed his MBA and working. while looking for other options.
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