NurseFifty

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1. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

   Also true, the equivalent of the US SSN is the SIN in Canada.

2. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

   True, I was not asked to fill out a satisfaction survey after surgery at Vancouver General. Not much paperwork. True also, the government does not control which physician I got to see, although a primary care physician sent me to a specialist. The ...

3. What would a single payer system look like?

   NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

   BC MSP claims it does send its heart patients to the US

4. Anybody you know leave the field of nursing?

   NurseFifty replied to Infofreak411's topic in Retired

   To beckster: Yes I do. Had it before Nursing. Good luck, you will find it fun.. If I were you, I will attend some information session about the degree programs, research the job openings in the online job boards to see what sort of work in it that y...

5. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

   NurseFifty replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

   Wrong. The hospital policy is not valid if it violates local and federal laws and so you can make a case out of it. Being prevented from your medications is very wrong, you do not need an attorney to tell you that. And they can get their licenses i...

6. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

   NurseFifty replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

   We have on call, stand by pay - but very little.

7. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

   NurseFifty replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

   To all those nursing supervisors and nursing managers....I guess you need to know the risk you are placing yourselves by doing something like forcing your staff. Management will not come to your defense when you are arrested by the police for impriso...

8. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

   NurseFifty replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

   What they did to that nurse is a real crime. She should have called the police. She does not need a lawyer, the prosecutor will take care of it. The nursing supervisor, the ceo of the facility, the entire facility would be charged. You know, I used...

9. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

   NurseFifty replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

   I say...you have to take care of yourself. Worry about what they try to do to you to punish you later.

10. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

    NurseFifty replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

    I say ask that they provide you I writing ( or you email them and get them to reply in email) what they ask you to do. What they are doing is imprisonment which is a crime. But, if I were you and I would like to keep my job at least until I can find ...

11. What would a single payer system look like?

    NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

    Got that info from the BC MSP. They say they do it - of course, I don't know how much. I am assuming that the patients would be sent by MSP itself (pre-authorized?) and not the situation where the Canadian walked into ED itself because US healthca...

12. What would a single payer system look like?

    NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

    The plans are available only to those who have social security numbers - landed immigrants, citizens, contract workers with valid contract visa. Every services in the country is tied to having that SSN. Of course, hospitals will treat anyone regardl...

13. What would a single payer system look like?

    NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

    At least in British Columbia, heart surgery patients are sent to California if they need to. paid for by the province's Medical Services Plan.

14. What would a single payer system look like?

    NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

    I forgot..a primary care physician is the gatekeeper. You can't see a specialist without your PCP sending you to one. Hospital beds are not private single patient rooms.

15. What would a single payer system look like?

    NurseFifty replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism

    It is not like Medicare. The payer is the provincial government but the providers are government hospitals. Each province in Canada manages its own provincial health plan, therefore different rules, different premiums or no premium at all. Even when ...