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For the last few years, my medical care has been administered by a PA or a nurse...All the facilities around me are like that. 1 doctor for a few PA/nurses. I d
by fma 8y ago
For the last few years, my medical care has been administered by a PA or a nurse...All the facilities around me are like that. 1 doctor for a few PA/nurses. I don't have major medical problems (that I know of...). But I'd rather have more medical professionals that studied for 8 years, than those who studied 2. If they aren't smart enough to be doctors, let the schooling weed them out.
- thrower123 8y agoI've had the same experience, but my complaint is that the services I'm going to them for don't require the services of a doctor at all. Most of the time, I am just going to get a prescription for something that I know I need, that for idiotic reasons I'm not allowed to just buy off the shelf. Most of the time, I don't need Dr House. I need a warm body with a prescription pad. Occasionally a tailor, if I've sliced myself up.
- conanbatt 8y agoThat is a perfectly reasonable preference, but that the insurance system with unclear price differentiations makes difficult. You can make a copay larger for one and then people exert they preferences cost-effectively.
- fma 8y agoThis actually would be my preference. I keep going to the same office because I have minor issues and the location is convenient for me. But one day I would prefer to see a doctor. Till that day, I should pay less for a "doctor's visit". And actually, because I have a high deductible plan....I'm not paying a simple copay, but rather the full bill.