“We continue to oppose efforts to lower standards of care to expand access,” said Janus Norman, senior vice president of governmental relations for the California Medical Assn. “Nurse practitioners, while hugely important to the healthcare delivery system and an integral part of medicine, do not have the same level of training and expertise, and we should be wary of creating a system that only allows those patients who can pay top dollar access to a fully trained and licensed physician.”

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2019 08:03 UTC