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Hospitals aren't the entire healthcare sector. There's pharmacies, the entire biotech industry, pharmaceuticals, scanner manufacturers, the entire health insura
by xxpor 7y ago
Hospitals aren't the entire healthcare sector. There's pharmacies, the entire biotech industry, pharmaceuticals, scanner manufacturers, the entire health insurance industry etc.
If doctors are so generous, why do they lobby congress to keep the number of residency slots artificially constrained?
- apsec112 7y agoThe AMA has actually been asking to increase the number of residency slots: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/gme-funding/ama-seeks-more-gme-slots-match-future-workforce-needs https://www.ama-assn.org/education/gme-funding/ama-seeks-mor...
- take_a_breath 7y agoWhile simultaneously lobbying against nurse practitioners practicing without physician oversight. ==The American Medical Association (AMA) is disappointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) unprecedented proposal to allow advanced practice nurses (APRN) within the VA to practice independently of a physician's clinical oversight, regardless of individual state law.== https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-statements/ama-statement-va-proposed-rule-advanced-practice-nurses https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-statements/ama-sta...
- ilikehurdles 7y agoAs they should. Nurse practitioners should not be let anywhere without supervision from a real doctor.
- take_a_breath 7y agoMore than 20 states already allow this [1]. In fact, the "Full Practice" model is recommended by the National Academy of Medicine. [1] https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice-environment https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice-environme...
- tryptophan 7y agoProbably because NPs aren't qualified to practice independently. To become an NP you can take 2 years of online classes after nursing school, all with 0 real world experience. Hospital systems love them because they can be paid less and they order tons of unnecessary te$t$ing and do lots of con$sult$.