On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 10:18:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 15:38:45 -0700, rbowman wrote:

On 02/09/2019 08:35 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
The medical schools only let in so many people each year to be doctors
and nurses. I remember when the machines to 'blast' the kindey stones
first came out. They would not let the local hospital have one because
it would make the treatment cost come down due to competition.


It varies by the state but the nurse practitioners have been lobbying to
be allowed to practice independently across the board and that's meeting
resistance. I have a yearly wellness physical coming up and a NP
certainly could handle that. In fact, when my doctor was on maternity
leave, the NP did. Still, many states require that they are under the
supervision of a doctor.

I have a new "Doctor" and I have had 3 visits without ever even seeing
the guy. Two techs are all I have ever seen. For all I know this is a
weekend at Bernie's thing, he died a year ago and they are still
cashing his checks.
I have actually heard this is not unusual.
The other doctor who used to at least come in and look at you for a
minute is a "Concierge" now and you have to pay him to join his club.

That's what our doctor did. My husband (who really likes the guy and
who consumes what seems like a lot of medical services) is joining
the club. I'm finding a new doctor. I can't remember the last time
I had something that needed anything more than a Physician's Assistant.

Cindy Hamilton