will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

[Trauma_Team_1]

I been hearing this debate off and on for a long time about how if Obama gets universal healthcare to go ( if he gets elected of course)though in the US that nursing pay will be cut dramatically. I would think this has to do with the fact that we would all be working for the government and that there will no longer be competition. There are many people in my nursing class that said they will leave nursing if thats the case. I also talked to several doctors that said the same thing about medicine in general. Im just curious if anyone has some good info about this. Thanks

[forrester]

I support a single payer system, but it looks like the best compromise position possible out of this Congress will be a public option.

What is really missing from this "healthcare (or should I say health insurance)" debate are the reforms needed in the delivery system.

I say tax the causes-

1) There can be no fault placed for those who have an appendectomy, let's get real. We are mortal beings and subject to a host of possible adverse events.

2) Let's tax fast food, junk food, and soda- it would pull EVERY state out of the red on healthcare expenses and have enough left over for an empowered public health system.

3) Let's tax television and cable systems since inactivity is a leading cause of obesity along with junk food, fast food, and soda.

THEN, let's look at restructuring our healthcare system, removing administrative deadweight, redundant administrative systems, the for-profit system, and physician dominance, particularly in primary care.