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To: Alighieri who wrote (607989)	4/16/2011 5:10:36 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584072

My family has been served by a PA...the assumption that this is lesser care is yours not mine. It is not a mere "assumption", it is a fact. PAs do not have the training of a physician. It should be intuitively obvious, even to an idiot like you, that it is a lesser grade of care. Furthermore, considering that millions have NO care at all, then I suppose PAs can be a welcome improvement. If you want to codify the fact that Medicare/Medicaid patients who can't pay their own way will see PAs or APNs, fine. As it now stands, a Medicare patient is NOT ALLOWED to pay more to see a physician rather than a PA, under the law.