Obamacare Repeal - Should we worry about losing our jobs?

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Im a PCT and my wife is a CNA. We are part of a union. Today there were union reps at our jobs giving us a card to call our congressmen and tell them to vote no for getting rid of obamacare.

Our union contract is to be renegotiated next year. Im so scared that both or one of us will lose our jobs. My wife just came out of 6 months of unemployment (from an unrelated issue). Im supposed to begin nursing school next year :(

One part of me is kicking myself in the butt for not choosing accounting from the get go (my original choice, although i had my reasons for not choosing it) and the other part of me is saying remain calm maybe this will all work out somehow(?)

Should i be worried? Are any healthcare workers here even worried about this?

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Why on earth would you think you would lose your job? Do you think healthcare will no longer be needed?

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Specializes in Psych.
Why on earth would you think you would lose your job? Do you think healthcare will no longer be needed?

Well from what i hear, if i understand correctly, it will cut out medicaid/medicare patients and we will lose new patients as a result. I dont remember word for word.

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The current bill to repeal was pulled due to lack of support.

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Unions historically try to garner political support from members for more socially liberal government policies. That's a reality that is undeniable.

I haven't personally studied the Trump healthcare plan versus the Obama healthcare plan. I have no doubt that both are flawed. But unions seem to always side with the Democratic Party. They see the Republican party as representing big business.

I personally would like unions a lot better if they just stuck to improving workers conditions and wages.

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Well from what i hear, if i understand correctly, it will cut out medicaid/medicare patients and we will lose new patients as a result. I dont remember word for word.
Medicare and Medicaid are entitlement programs that existed long before the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obama Care) and will continue to exist afterward.

By the way, today's news programs and newspapers were flooded with stories about the healthcare repeal bill being abruptly pulled due to overwhelming lack of support from both Democrats and Republicans.

Hospitals Gain as Republican Health Repeal Bill Is Pulled - Bloomberg

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Well from what i hear, if i understand correctly, it will cut out medicaid/medicare patients and we will lose new patients as a result. I dont remember word for word.

The direction is community based healthcare. There may end up being a reduction in acute care but an increase in out patient and home health. There are and will be jobs. One of the biggest challenges in home health is 1) staffing 2) an experienced pool.

With that direction, I just hope nursing education will increase their focus on preparing grads for community based nursing because home health isn't the best setting for teaching 1st year nurses in masse.

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Well, it sounds like your union had an agenda and was using fear-mongering to accomplish it. Also the bill was repealed.

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