Nurse Practitioner Are they here to stay

The Nurse Practitioner is in demand to fill the roles of the Family Physician or the Primary Care Physician. In today’s world of spiraling health care costs the Family Practice Physician is almost obsolete. 

There are many reasons for this mainly it is how the income of the Family Physician or the Primary Care Physician has decreased instead of increased over the years. 

This is because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This law was signed by President Barrack Obama On March 23, 2010.

 This is a highly controversial law and has caused confusion in the medical field. The (PPACA) was mainly designed for people who were low income and uninsured.

There are approximately 916 million patients combined who have received care from the licensed Nurse Practitioner’s. The patient’s they treat are genuinely satisfied with the care they receive. The Nurse Practitioner can help reduce the cost of medical care in the physician’s office.

With the decrease in the Family Practice Physicians or Primary Care Physicians income there are fewer medical students who wish to go into Family Practice. The medical students want to specialize become Cardiologists, Orthopedic, neurosurgeons, etc. 

The Family Physician is actually on the brink of distinction. This is where the Nurse Practitioner comes in. The Nurse Practitioner can diagnose and treat health problems with the emphasis on preventative health measures.

In order to become a Nurse Practitioner you must be a Registered Nurse first with a master’s degree. A Nurse Practitioner education is rigorous with national certification. They not only treat patients but also are involved in research.

Not only are Nurse Practitioners in demand in Family Practice Medical Offices but in Out Patient Surgery Centers. Within the next the next ten years Nurse Practitioners will be more in demand than ever before. 

The amount of people needing Family Practice Physicians will double and triple since people are now living longer lives and will start needing continuous medical treatment

Nurse Practitioner’s are here to stay and they are needed.

copyright Linda Meckler 2014 updated 2018

Break down of charges for a surgery

If you ever need surgery or a surgical procedure at a hospital below is the break down of the charges. 

When you read this you won't be shocked when you receive the hospital bill for whatever was or wasn't paid.

BREAK DOWN OF CHARGES:

a. Charge of operating room?

b. Charge for surgeon?

c. Charge for assistant surgeon?

d. Charge for anesthesiologist?

e. Charge for Laboratory?

f. Charge for X-rays?

g. Charge for unknown?

You can get this information simply by calling your doctor's office. There will be somebody whose job it is to get this information to you. Make sure whatever procedure you are having done was authorized by your insurance company.

Please let me hear from you.

Linda Meckler, author copyright 2018

Emergency Rooms Here We Come

It makes sense to me if medical insurance is going to be disbanded and it looks like it will and millions of people are out of luck what is the next step. 

I would suggest the Emergency Rooms gear up big time for the influx of thousands of patients if there isn’t any place for them to go for healthcare.

Since the people who will be losing their insurance who are people who can’t afford the high cost of the insurance where else will they go? To the Emergency Rooms. 

Most of the people running to the ER will not be able to pay for their medical care. This will put a huge hole in the hospitals income and many hospitals will have to close.

There isn’t any simple solution to this situation. Maybe, it is time to try something else. Universal Healthcare.

Take the insurance companies greed out of the health insurance game and give the control of your treatment back to the doctor’s not the insurance companies.

Linda Meckler copyright 2017

Have you asked the Doctors what they think about the Trump Insurance Plan?

I have worked in several medical offices over the last several years, and also have been a patient in several of them. I do know how a doctor’s office works. Let me ask you a question. Do you honestly believe a doctor (specialist) would accept a new patient in his office if the patient had no way to pay for any testing or a surgery? I am trying just like you to understand how this insurance is going to work.

From what I understand a person or family which requests this help must pay up front and when their taxes are completed and submitted he/she will get reimbursed $4,000 dollars. If a person sees a specialist and MRI, CT Scan, X-rays, Lab Work would more than eat up the $4,000 before any surgery is ever performed.

This insurance is supposed to be for the people who cannot afford insurance. How are they going to come up with money in advance?

The specialist will not be able to see the person with this kind of insurance or does not have any insurance (this could be included in this kind of insurance). 

What is wrong with this picture when the Republicans have suddenly without really studying how medical insurance works wants to make such a drastic change which will not help anybody.

Please for once ask the medical doctors and their billing staff what they think should be done. Everybody is entitled to medical care.

 Evidently, millions of families are on Obama Care and it is working for them. Taking this away without anything to replace it would be devastating. If Obama Care has faults why don’t you fix a program which is already up and running?

If I am wrong please comment. I would love to hear from you. We need to get the public speaking out about this before it is too late.

Linda Meckler copyrighted 2017

Author,   Fight Your Medical Insurance Nightmares!! Let me show you how.