1. Suppose that nationally, medical licensure boards eased scope of practice constraints on the clinical activities of currently licensed nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to enable them to perform more primary care functions without any additional training requirements or direct physician supervision. Assuming the prior training of NPs and PAs allows them to provide these new services competently, answer each of the following questions as TRUE or FALSE, based on your understanding of economic theory, and provide a brief rationale for your answer:

1. The wages of employee nurse practitioners and physician assistants probably would increase, at least over the short term.

1. Physicians when completing medical school would be more likely to pursue specialist residency programs compared to a primary care residency.

1. Access to primary care services likely would improve in isolated rural areas over time.