Sapping Philippines' Health Care System

You have absolutely no right to talk to us Filipinos about national pride. If your concern is to limit the number of immigrants in this country, talk or stalk your president, your legislators for all I care. Until then, we will be legally doing what is best for ourselves and our families.

If you have NO national pride to do something for your own country isn't that a problem??? IS it ALL about the money??? Working conditions for nurses around the globe are impaired because it has been tooooooo easy for certain countries to get immigrant nurses IMO.

Lee1, if not because of the thousands of my fellow Filipinos working in the US, the US healthcare system would have collapsed a couple of years ago.

both the US and the philippines have benefitted from migration. Migration is what made the US a great nation as it is. the best minds/brains from rich and poor nations contributed to the greatnesss of America. dont you forget that

How would the US Healthcare system have collapsed? There are 500, 000 American nurses who are not working in nursing because of poor workng conditions, and sub standard wages.

An overabundance of foreign nurses willing to come to the US and work for the lowest possible legal wage that can be offered, has also lowered the pay, benefits, and working conditions here.

How would the US Healthcare system have collapsed? There are 500, 000 American nurses who are not working in nursing because of poor workng conditions, and sub standard wages.

What really should/would have happened, is that American hospitals would have been forced to work on retention, instead of recruitment, increase the wages, working conditions, and benefits to American nurses, who would have not left bedside nursing en masse, as conditions/pay have deteriorated. Unfortunately, by having the option to bring in foreign nurses to fill in the staffing gaps, there has been no incentive for hospitals to correct these conditions. An overabundance of foreign nurses willing to come to the US and work for the lowest possible legal wage that can be offered, has also lowered the pay, benefits, and working conditions here.

I have nothing agaist foreign nurses, but until pay, benefits, and working conditions are brought up to where they shoud be, there should not be the option to being in foreign nurses to give the hospitals the out, and foreign nurses should stay home and work on improving conditions in their own country. JMHO and $0.02.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Spokane, Washington

Everybody listen. This is the trend here. Someone posts about the plight of the "poor" healthcare system in the Philippines, and after about 2-3 relevant responses, posts become personal, irresponsible and insensitive. In my country, which is the Philippines, more is expected of professionals or college graduates. The higher your education, the more is expected of you. Logically, an educated person is wiser and more tempered. So, essentially, what comes our of your mouth is a reflection of your education and to a large extent, your upbringing.

I have read some posts, calling Filipinos whimps and unpatriotic, and a whole lot of things. Is this what you call freedom of speech? to say whatever you like, however you want it? Shouldn't you be making positive critisms and suggestions instead?

To those individuals who have tongues, 10x bigger than their brains, think about how the world would be like if every individual is like you. Filipinos talking agains Americans, Americans talking against asians, and so on and so forth. Hey, i can make numerous negative comments about americans, but i responsibly opt not to do so.

An educated, responsible professional would make positive suggestions and would even go the extra mile to channel her/his concerns to the proper authorities rather than initiate hate and bias.