In Reply to: Medicare Says Seniors Don't Need a Doctor for Anesthesia Care...Don't Let Bureaucrats Threaten Your Medicare Benefits AND Your Safety! posted by Anesthesia Safety on May 12, 2000 at 14:53:40:

Do you really want a nurse to be in charge of your respiritory, cardiac and neurologic functions? If nurses want to practice medicine they should go Medical School as many of the most talented have. However it is much simpler to pay legislators then go on to excel in college gain entrance to Medical School and spend an additional four years AFTER Medical School. When I YOU have surgery YOU must insist on the best Medical Care , you need A board certified Anesthesiologist --A Medical Doctor not a Cheap
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