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by theforceawakens 3707 days ago
> There aren't enough primary care doctors and the work is being farmed out to nurse practitioners and physician's assistants

Thanks for the insight, but is there any empirical evidence here?

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There is quite a bit and that this phenomenon is happening is not controversial. I turned this up quickly; you could probably find better sources with more careful research: http://kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/tapping-nurse-practition...