Health Care Reform -- Doctor Shortage To Expand the Role of Registered Nurses
I'm a fan of nurse practitioners replacing the vast majority doctors.
Back in the 20's, before the AMA came in to power and all the
regulation, we had:
* House calls
* Affordable healthcare
* No need for insurance (see previous line)
* Doctors who learned as apprentices, not students
We did not have all the treatments available back then... for MMR, the
flu, cancer, herpes, etc. However all these innovations came from the
pharmaceutical industry, NOT the medical industry.
The only reasons we have this many doctors in society, instead of
patients and loved ones happily self-diagnosing the majority (but not
all) of their problems are:
* Many people still appreciate the confidence instilled by an expert
* Doctors have a monopoly on access to drugs
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Michael Tomeo <...> wrote:
>
> Here we go , the third world conversion of medicine .........
>
> (Email forwarded from Kramer Green Zuckerman Greene & Buchsbaum, P.A., originally from Baltimore Sun…
Back in the 20's, before the AMA came in to power and all the
regulation, we had:
* House calls
* Affordable healthcare
* No need for insurance (see previous line)
* Doctors who learned as apprentices, not students
We did not have all the treatments available back then... for MMR, the
flu, cancer, herpes, etc. However all these innovations came from the
pharmaceutical industry, NOT the medical industry.
The only reasons we have this many doctors in society, instead of
patients and loved ones happily self-diagnosing the majority (but not
all) of their problems are:
* Many people still appreciate the confidence instilled by an expert
* Doctors have a monopoly on access to drugs
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Michael Tomeo <...> wrote:
>
> Here we go , the third world conversion of medicine .........
>
> (Email forwarded from Kramer Green Zuckerman Greene & Buchsbaum, P.A., originally from Baltimore Sun…