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[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Ocean's Edge

these are the same doctors and hospitals that for decades have had a problem with the idea of 'nurse practitioners'?

*shakes*head*

Yes, it's the same idea as was the original concept of a "licensed nurse practitioner",
but there the LNP was a graduate RN, so there was/is a great deal more education and experience.
L.P.N.'s now are setting up their own practices, billings, etc. with only
a modicum of physician medically relevant oversight.

The R.N. is something of an endangered species, particularly
those who graduated out of a 2-year post-graduate program.
The Schools of Nursing are in the process of eliminating the 2-yr programs,
and defining the RN as a 4-yr graduate degree and licensure.

The CMA is a financial gimmick to multiply (literally) the $ earnings of physicans.
This is not a result of a government requirement or Obamacare...
it is strictly the workings of capitalism and physicians efforts to
maintain and/or improve their standard of living.