The worst development in the ‘everything is starting to suck.’ circus show is NP’s and PA’s completely taking over primary care.

For the love of god I just want to see a doctor! I remember it used to be not so difficult to walk into a clinic and see a doctor that very day, but those days are long gone. I’m not a healthcare expert myself, all I know is I have been subjected to these midlevels on three occasions and they have been wrong about what the hell was going on every single time.

I’m sure they have their place in the healthcare system but in my state they’re allowed to practice without an actual MD supervising them and that just seems plain wrong. I do not want some woman that got pushed through an online degree mill reading my chest x-ray and determining that there's actually nothing wrong with me and I must be coughing up fluid because of post nasal drip, before sending me home with some spray to dry out my nostrils. Yes I am very mad and ranting right now because I finally made it into the doctor and found out I do in fact have pneumonia just like I thought I did, I should have started antibiotics 3 days ago, I could already feel better 😡 very maddening.