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To: Alighieri who wrote (607887)	4/15/2011 2:24:57 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1583867

PAs and APNs work with doctors. Some do, some don't. In your ignorance you are probably unaware that there is a very rapid move toward APNs and PAs working on their own because there aren't enough physicians. ..so it's a safe and effective way to control costs. How is it controlling costs when they are paid almost the same money as a physician (an APN can get 85% of the physician's fee without supervision), and if the physician is involved in the care AT ALL in a supervisory role, the FULL PHYSICIAN FEE is allowed? How does that "save money"? ..plus people on medicaid are the poorest of the poor...they'd have nothing if not for medicaid. The way Obamacare does it, yes. But Medicares aren't any poorer than anyone else. I have seen this work very well when my in law was in the hospital...on medicare...top hospital in Birmingham, top specialists attending him, and a PA watching over him in recovery...very available, far more than any doctor anytime in my past experiences. Was there a supplement involved?