I’m in training to be a nurse practitioner — and all the liberal gobbeldy-gook in my textbooks about the ACA tell me that NP’s are going to SAVE THE DAY!! They have gathered all of their so-called evidenced-based research that NP’s provide care on the same level as docs in primary care, and thus, have pronounced it so.
The problem is, there are NOT enough of them to handle all the new patients that will be streaming in. Not by a longshot.
And I personally DO NOT want to be expected to take the place of a doc to save costs. I didn’t go to medical school, I have not been trained like an MD, and I do NOT want that incredible responsibility! NP’s can only do so much, before a person needs a qualified, trained physician. But you watch — this government is going to try to get by with it.
The Fed’s will try and have PA’s, and NP’s diagnose and treat, because of cost. It won’t be pretty.................