Insurance and Healthcare

[bejazd]

I think we've got plenty of mediocre and flat out terrible practictioners out there. I don't think I want anyone who is mediocre diagnosing my child or prescribing medications, performing surgery etc. But I'm totally okay with a PA or a nurse under the direct supervision of an MD performing many of the routine tasks MDs do during regular office visits.

But...if I take my kid to the dermatologist, and he never sees the MD, is it right for the MDs office to charge me the same fee for an office visit as if he'd seen the MD? Even though the PA makes far less money?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by bejazd

I think we've got plenty of mediocre and flat out terrible practictioners out there.

Which just goes to show you that the connection between academic performance in undergraduate college and performance in the medical field is very tenuous.

Really, other than M.D's being able to charge outrageous rates, who would be harmed by an influx of highly trained individuals into the profession?

Look at the law profession -- the wide open doors of law schools nationwide has made a lawyer something that you don't have to be wealthy to be able to afford.

That's good, right?