June 27, 2006 1:50PM # Health Care Provider Finds No Tragedy in This Commons By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE An [article](http://www.startribune.com/1244/story/514290.html) from the Minneapolis *Star-Tribune* on competition between physicians and nurse practitioners includes this endearing quote, which encapsulates how some providers see the U.S. health care sector: > The American Medical Association is against giving full autonomy to nurse practitioners, stating as its official policy position that a physician should be supervising nurse practitioners at all times and in all settings… > > > “There is an element within the physician community that gets a little antsy. … They think it’s going to take away revenue and business from them,” said Dr. Jan Towers, director of health policy for the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. **“Really, there’s more than enough for everybody.”** Cue “We’re in the Money”.… For more, be sure to check out *Medicare Meets Mephistopheles*, to be [released](http://www.catostore.org/) by the Cato Institute in September. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).