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re: SB 435 would allow advanced practice nurses to not work under a physician
Posted on 4/4/18 at 6:25 pm to cajuncarguy
Posted on 4/4/18 at 6:25 pm to cajuncarguy
Also, is cost your main concern? Or access to care?
Having a ton of NPs is not going to reduce costs. It’s already ridiculous how people in this country expect to be seen for every ache, pain, or cough IMMEDIATELY and they want their antibiotics and steroids
The tough pill that America will have to swallow if it wants to solve this healthcare problem is rationing of care. A bunch of NPs aren’t going to solve the healthcare crisis and the thought that they can practice “preventative medicine” is a joke. They will practice exactly like MDs are now, and they will still be profit driven. The only person with the power to practice preventative medicine is the patient, and in this country it’s a different animal, you can’t compare us to the European countries.
Having a ton of NPs is not going to reduce costs. It’s already ridiculous how people in this country expect to be seen for every ache, pain, or cough IMMEDIATELY and they want their antibiotics and steroids
The tough pill that America will have to swallow if it wants to solve this healthcare problem is rationing of care. A bunch of NPs aren’t going to solve the healthcare crisis and the thought that they can practice “preventative medicine” is a joke. They will practice exactly like MDs are now, and they will still be profit driven. The only person with the power to practice preventative medicine is the patient, and in this country it’s a different animal, you can’t compare us to the European countries.
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Posted on 4/4/18 at 6:45 pm to WaWaWeeWa
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you can’t compare us to the European countries
I completely agree. Everyone in America has to have a diagnosis right now, right this minute, and they need to feel better before they go on their cruise at the end of the week. LOL. It's ridiculous.
I actually took care of a couple from Canada who were traveling with the husband for work. The wife said before she left Canada, she had a completely free (she understood that nothing is free) full work-up. EKG, labs, stress test, colonoscopy, PAP...literally full work-up. The only problem, like she said, is that if something was found on her work-up that needed further investigation, it would take 4 months or more to get in with a specialist. That is the thing that American's don't realize. If we need people to get in with a specialist, we can pretty much make it happen in a timely manner (a majority of the time). It won't be tomorrow, and it may not be next week, but it will happen in a time frame that the condition dictates.
Edit: And not to mention we are a much more heterogeneous group than a majority of the European countries we are compared to.
This post was edited on 4/4/18 at 6:49 pm
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