On Tuesday, Wood said, “A lot of people are lacking care. As we expand more and more to offering care to everyone, to not have providers is an empty promise and we can’t do that in California,” as quoted by the Los Angeles Times.
On the other hand, Megan Allred, a lobbyist for the CMA commented that “there are significant areas in which we differ from the author and supporters of the bill.” She added that their negotiation with Wood ongoing.
The CMA remains concerns about nurse practitioners’ lack of extensive education or clinical training to practice with supervision by a physician. The group argued that there are many ways to effectively address the shortage of medical providers. One of them is expanding residency programs from doctors.
