deltawave Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 It is my understanding the PAC (political action committee) is the same lobbying group that lobbies for the physicians... is that correct? I believe I read that on here. If that is the case- then that needs to change; that is a huge conflict. We need our own lobbyists working tirelessly as hard as they can for a single profession- ours. If I am way off someone please let me know. There is plenty of money out there, it just needs to go to the proper channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted March 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 hours ago, deltawave said: It is my understanding the PAC (political action committee) is the same lobbying group that lobbies for the physicians... is that correct? I believe I read that on here. If that is the case- then that needs to change; that is a huge conflict. We need our own lobbyists working tirelessly as hard as they can for a single profession- ours. If I am way off someone please let me know. There is plenty of money out there, it just needs to go to the proper channels. no the PAC is the organization which is our offical lobby. They tend to hire companies to lobby for them My concern is that we should NEVER hire a company that represents nurses or doc's (PAC is by no means related to our PA-C) every profession has a formal PAC - think SuperPAC and all that stuff.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickleRick Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Haven't started my plan in motion yet but, figure at some point I will get my RN license reinstated (let it lapse a few years after graduation from PA school). Then I will do an online NP program in my spare time. Will maintain both PA and NP licensing from that point on. That should cover me. Maybe even become one of those "Dr. Nurse" folks so I can be Cideous' boss, and make him do all the scut work. ;) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeryOldPA Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 PACs have nothing to do with lobbying. By Federal Law the political action committee is limited to making contributions to candidates for US House and Senate (Representatives and Senators). PAC funds may not be used for lobbying. The AAPA has lobbyists on the staff as far as I know outside lobbyists are not used C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, PickleRick said: Haven't started my plan in motion yet but, figure at some point I will get my RN license reinstated (let it lapse a few years after graduation from PA school). Then I will do an online NP program in my spare time. Will maintain both PA and NP licensing from that point on. That should cover me. Maybe even become one of those "Dr. Nurse" folks so I can be Cideous' boss, and make him do all the scut work. Now your talking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted March 17, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, PickleRick said: Haven't started my plan in motion yet but, figure at some point I will get my RN license reinstated (let it lapse a few years after graduation from PA school). Then I will do an online NP program in my spare time. Will maintain both PA and NP licensing from that point on. That should cover me. Maybe even become one of those "Dr. Nurse" folks so I can be Cideous' boss, and make him do all the scut work. Keep my RN for this very reason. To be cid’s boss 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasPA28 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) On 3/15/2020 at 7:27 PM, dfw6er said: Also some of the folks who snagged a primary-care slot expressed dissatisfaction and were inquiring about any way of getting out of it so they can specialize. I knew this was going to happen from 5000 miles away. I knew that many people in that program didn't give a rats ass about primary care and were just going to try and use it a shortcut to try and hop into a 500k subspecialty. It never made much sense to me to do a bridge program if you want to do primary care. PAs in primary care already do the same job as MDs in primary care. Bridge program only makes sense if you want to become a surgeon or subspecialist. Edited March 17, 2020 by TexasPA28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltawave Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, ventana said: no the PAC is the organization which is our offical lobby. They tend to hire companies to lobby for them My concern is that we should NEVER hire a company that represents nurses or doc's (PAC is by no means related to our PA-C) every profession has a formal PAC - think SuperPAC and all that stuff.... Thank you. I agree, any lobby hired should only represent our interests. Edited March 17, 2020 by deltawave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfw6er Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 1 hour ago, TexasPA28 said: I knew this was going to happen from 5000 miles away. I knew that many people in that program didn't give a rats ass about primary care and were just going to try and use it a shortcut to try and hop into a 500k subspecialty. It never made much sense to me to do a bridge program if you want to do primary care. PAs in primary care already do the same job as MDs in primary care. Bridge program only makes sense if you want to become a surgeon or subspecialist. Well, like I said, 6 of the 12 slots allow you specialize in any field you can match into....the other 6 must be from: FP, Peds, general IM, or OBGYN. You have to let the school know you want a specialty slot or else they're going to give you one of the primary care slots. It also helps to get your application in as soon as possible once the application season opens, as I've heard the APAP slots fill very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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