choskins

WOW,,19k pounds is less than 30k dollars,,all I can say is,,,ouch, bummer. Whats the workload like. I'm curious about patient ratios - is it regulated?

Once universal health care is available, it effectively becomes the only thing available. Why would an employer offer you any other health plan, when you can get if for free from the government? Private insurance will go away. Nursing and other medical service salaries will be dictated by the system. The same system that does so well with Medicare and Veterans benefits, lol. Only with the UHC system, they no longer have any competition. They don't have to pay more to lure health care professionals into the system because they are the only game in town. You take what they pay, or find something else to do. Thats the way I see it.

I'm curious about why anyone would think salaries would be higher under a universal health care system. Just looking at salaries where universal health care exists tell you pretty much the opposite. Why would the government pay higher wages when they no longer have to compete with the private sector? The top salary for a Canadian nurse, after 20 years is around $27 an hour. In the UK its a little better with about $29.