Obamacare

Actually my post was a test and a bet with another Psych nurse. I said- all I had to do was write my name as Obamacare and some would attack it because of emotion. Some were practical and actually used academic intelligence and wrote a honest opinion. Many seen the name obamcare and instantly went political. The facts are nurses are being layed off, hospitals are closing. It has nothing to do with my user name obamacare. In fact many people made it a political debate when the title of the post and subject was layoffs. One person was honest and wrote maybe they put to much into the post I made. Yes many put to much into the post. my director said I won the bet. Thanks to all.

1. First off my name obamacare means nothing, its just a name. 2. I never criticised any political party 3. I am not political in any form 4. Maybe those who didnt work in healthcare dont remember when the Press, not me, were calling it Hillary care, that hospitals indeed enforced hiring freezes. ( yes we all see and know Hillary care never came about) but that doesnt change the fact hospitals indeed imposed hiring freezes at that time. 5. Its amazing to be attacked and have my posts changed to what I actually wrote. 6. In fact construction has been stopped on 45 new hospitals that were being built, as for layoffs I stated hundreds of layoffs a month, I didnt state they were all nurses, but sadly many are. 7. As for my friend during the dot com bust please read it correctly I said he had to go back to nursing. No mention of 10 years to find a job. 8. Seems my name obamacare makes people paranoid. So sad if thats the case.

I never pin pointed it to any political party. Just stated facts from what the news articles state.

For the last month or so I have been reading many news stories of Nurses being layed off from hospitals across the country. Along with layoffs many hospitals are doing hiring freezes. I remember back in the 1990's when Hillary care came about, many hospitals did hiring freezes, even if a nurse quit they were not replaceing the nurses. The scope of whats going on today is 10 fold worse than the 1990's. Hospitals are laying off nurses by the hundreds each and every day. Some hospitals are firing nurses on the slightest infraction. The difference of the 1990's and today is that the economy is so bad many people have lost their jobs. No jobs, no health insurance, less admissions, less census. To add more pain to the situation many hospitals are claiming the decrease in medicare funds in payment from state governments, which leads to layoffs. I remember back in the 1990's a friend of mine went to school for IT, after all, companies were taking students who didnt even finish the school because they needed people so bad. My poor friend started the school to late the dot com bubble came and he couldnt find a job in IT any where in the country! He went back to his faithful job as a RN only to be layed off. After 300 applications sent around the country he still hasnt found a job in med surg. Hospitals will not start to re-hire until the economy picks up and the unemployment goes below 8%. For people looking for a career in nursing dont think that nursing is a recession proof job, it isnt. Most new students who graduater cant even find a job, you may be better off going into therapy, OT jobs for now.