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Originally Posted by schwarz
Last time I saw my doctor at United Healthcare of the Villages I was told that I would be seeing his PA for my next six month visit, and perhaps for other future visits. This was disappointing as my understanding when I joined was that I would always see a doctor. I am sure that the PA is nice and communicating with my doctor but she is NOT a doctor.
Has anyone else experienced this yet? I was basically told that since I am healthy, he could spend more time with other less healthy patients.
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The care you get from a PA should be the same as you would have from an MD. If
the care was inferior you would be justified to complain. PAs are trained in the same
medicine and practice in collaboration with MDs. I have often read that
patients are happier seeing PAs because they don't rush visits and take time to answer questions.