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You're referring to a nurse practitioner (NP), and the key thing is they can prescribe medication, so, if you need prescription strength cough medicine or somet
by zamnos 3y ago
You're referring to a nurse practitioner (NP), and the key thing is they can prescribe medication, so, if you need prescription strength cough medicine or something like that, they're great! However, if you have something strange that you'd need a medical savant like Dr House to diagnose, they're no good, so they'll confer with MD colleagues and follow up. But also, Dr House is a fictional doctor and no doctor is that good. (If you know of a specialist that is, I've got a friend with a chronic pain disorder that needs help.)
Having a medical professional on tap - I've never had to wait more than 15 mins to see someone virtually - is great and well worth the price of admission of you can afford it (couple hundred a year). Virtually is great because if you're sick, the last thing you want to do is leave the house, but they also do in person visits as well.
They also have the facilities to do blood draws and give vaccines.
Hope their new owner (Amazon) doesn't mess things up.
- williamDafoe 3y agoNurse practitioner prescriptions have to be reviewed by a superior doctor that's how the AMA keeps its Union controlling everything! My former employer Qualcomm hired about three people to have an employee-only GP medical department. It was a great deal because the very simple treatments could be done very economically and when your company has more than about 500 people it pays actual medical costs directly and the insurance company just runs the books they don't actually do insurance.
- Accujack 3y agoThe AMA isn't a union. Most doctors in the US aren't union anyway - only about 7%. Seriously, you need to look for better sources of data than wherever you're getting it.