BBB and the future of nursing

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I've been an RN for almost 34 years and currently do CVOR/General Surgery travel.  With the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill" and the anticipated closure of numerous rural hospitals and 1 in 4 nursing homes due to lost Medicaid revenue, I'm very worried about the future of nursing in general and travel nursing in particular.  Although these Medicaid changes aren't slated to go into effect until 2026, UCSD and Sharp Healthcare (two of the biggest hospitals systems in San Diego County) have already announced preemptive layoffs, including nurses-I'm sure many more layoffs are imminent.  I also see these changes as potentially drying up the travel industry and available nursing jobs becoming very competitive and difficult to obtain.  Thoughts?

Specializes in oncology.
FullGlass said:

Those are opinions, not fact.

 

FullGlass said:

Again, you are not providing enough information to support your conclusion.  I have discussed this in previous posts on this thread.

You stated these when someone quoted from the AARP site. Then you use articles from the AARP site to support your position. Aren't those just opinions too, not facts?

 

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Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
FullGlass said:

I have never heard the term "toy" hospital used.  Small, rural hospital is sufficient.  Why would you expect other people to understand what a "toy" hospital is?  I envisioned something like Santa's Workshop.

At any rate, this is not the place for a political discussion.  There is another are on Allnurses for that.  But I will say that you blatantly ignored the historic fact that the Democrats are the reason we do not have national health insurance now.  That is a fact.  

You also dodged the idea of taking positive, constructive action on this issue.  

Good luck.

People can buy insurance on an open market now.  Who passed that idea and who is trying to cancel it?  Who, besides Bernie Sanders, has ever discussed the possibility of a single payor system?  All healthcare is political.  Toy hospital = sense of humor.  Where do you think we should go from here?  IMHO, keeping as many people on insurance as we can is a good idea until we can educate people how much of every health care dollar we are wasting on the present system.  

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
FullGlass said:

At any rate, this is not the place for a political discussion.

And yet this thread is about a very political and partisan piece of legislation. 

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