Pharmacist: PAs Are 'Barefoot Doctors' With Minimum Training
California pharmacist Barbara Morris has made her thoughts about physician assistants known in a news release about the ramifications of a primary care physician shortage under a new health care plan. She insinuates that PAs have minimal training, and even goes so far as to use quotations when referring to the PA profession, which leads me to believe she doesn’t think it’s even legitimate.
We already have "barefoot doctors" When you last made an appointment to see your primary care physician did you see the doctor or a "physician assistant"? Before you saw the "physician assistant" you probably saw a "technician" who took your blood pressure, and another "technician" who weighed you and asked some questions.
Democratization of health care has been in the works for a long time. In my profession of pharmacy (well, it's not really a profession anymore -- pharmacists are just shills for the drug companies) it used to be that the pharmacist filled prescriptions. Now, a "certified technician" does that. But the pharmacist is still responsible for errors made by the "certified technician"
Under Obamacare, an unlimited number of "barefoot doctor" types of occupations requiring only minimum training can be created to make up for the shortage of primary care physicians. Too bad for patients, but Obama will be able to gloat that he created jobs.
What do you think about the author’s theories?
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