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  1. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Disposable income is a very simple economic concept. The fact that you don't comprehend it goes further to prove my point that you have absolutely zero business acumen. Everyone requires a certain...

  2. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Because they don't have to make the take home pay of $150,000/year to "stay in business" as you claim physicians have to. One year of experience in what you plan to do when you start practicing...

  3. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You have yet to explain why that worries you

  4. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Residency is the same as on the job training, and med students do get paid for it. You still want us to cry for you the same way that you cry for yourself. The burden is not disproportionate for...

  5. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Satisfaction always corelates with outcomes. If I stay sick, I will be very unsatisfied. You are missing the point on administrative costs and independent practice. The administrative costs are not...

  6. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    10 - 15 years? I hardly think so. More like 8 years. All professions are challenging, you however insist that being a physician is more challenging than any other profession and deserves more...

  7. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I said, please explain why it "worries"

  8. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    DG, you like to dish it out, but you can't take it. You enjoy putting words in my mouth, but when I make inferences from your comments, you go nuts. NP training is obviously good enouth to put a...

  9. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

  10. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I absolutely understand how studies work. I just don't agree that your need to see evidence that NPs provide equivalent care to physicians should have to be satisfied in order to change the law. You...

  11. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And yet I still find myself having a hard time shedding the first tear for them, along with most of the rest of America. I wonder why? Could it be that is because they make more than three times the...

  12. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We never were talking about mirroring the scope of practice. We are simply talking about independent practice. The educational/training/testing model does not have to be the same in order for that to...

  13. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Let's go ahead and quantify what you mean by making a living. If they really love it so much, why wouldn't they be willing to do the job for 100,000 a year as opposed to the 160,000 they are currently...

  14. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You obviously don't understand how a free market economy works. When you offer your services to the market, you get paid the same as the guy down the street who is offerring the same service. Unless...

  15. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You continue to assume equivalent means that NP reimbursement goes up. I continue to tell you that there is no reason that physician reimbursement can't go down to the current level of NP...

  16. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So you are saying that PA school is not equivalent then. If so, please refrain from lumping it together. I believe it is different regardless of the model. I also think it is ridiculous to think there...

  17. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Equal reimbursement is fine with me as long as it is lower. Physicians are the ones who constantly cry about not making as much as their specialist colleagues. They are also the ones who cry about...

  18. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I could care less if it is fair to physicians, that isn't my problem or my concern. My concern is what is fair to patients. It isn't fair for patients not to be given a lower cost alternative...

  19. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You are very misinformed about the cost drivers in healthcare. Also, the cost of practice is different for every independent practitioner. It is all based on the choices you make. I have a quick...

  20. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I guess I never have understood why the medical profession clings to their titles so closely. It sounds to me like "Senator Boxer" being offended by being called Ms. Boxer. Physicians need to get over...

  21. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I get sick and tired of hearing physicians complain about malpractice. This does little or nothing to drive costs. In my home state and many other states, we have capped punitive damages on...

  22. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You are wrong again. Lower reimbursement doesn't necessarily mean lower bring home pay. You show your ignorance of the profit and loss statement. There is never only one part to the equation. An...

  23. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yet again, I don't care what you tell us your reasoning is for fearing the competition of independently practicing nurse practitioners. If you think your education is superior and creates better value...

  24. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You assume that education is the only key to being able to do the job, and there you are dead wrong. Experience matters more. To say that education makes one superior is about as short sited as it...

  25. Don't Hate Me, All....

    mbreaz1 replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why do you insist on splitting hairs? Your arguments are making you look ridiculous. A nurse practitioner is also more than capable of performing medical management for a cardiovascular complaint or...