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To: goldworldnet who wrote (524117)	11/23/2012 4:21:41 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

Sounds good to me and you've already gotten two recommendations on the post in one hour so it must sound good to others too.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (524117)	11/23/2012 2:28:46 PM
From: Copeland	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793670

Medical schools have been holding down the number of graduates for decades and with the baby boom now beginning to retire, the acute shortage of doctors is going to become far more apparent. There's been a strong push recently to replace doctors with so-called "mid-level" providers -- individuals like nurse practioners who are nurses that have two years of clincal training in medicine on top of their nursing degree. Their training is no where near as intensive or as comprehensive as a physician's residency nor is the pool of candidates composed of the cream of the crop of college graduates, so the quality just isn't quite there, especially for complex cases. However, they're cheaper than physicians and potentially more plentiful as more hospitals are instituting deeper pay cuts for nurses, while at the same time increasing paperwork and clinical responsibilities. If the name of the game is to provide care for as many people as possible and as cheaply as possible, the physician will be phased out in favor of the midlevel "noctor." Unfortunately, doctors are not political animals like lawyers. The AMA sold out the profession a long time ago to license out the rights to ICD-9 and now ICD-10 and the various subsocieties have done simply a terrible job lobbying to preserve physician's rights.