your thoughts how will this affect nursing jobs?

[thekid]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090702/pl_mcclatchy/3264973

WASHINGTON — The hospital industry is close to a deal with the White House and congressional Democrats in which the industry would agree to federal funding cuts of $150 billion to $170 billion over the next decade to help pay for a health system overhaul, according to people familiar with the talks.

The deal, which isn't final, could be announced within days. A critical feature is an agreement on phasing in the Medicare and Medicaid cuts.

[Happynursing]

Awww. I am scared right now. The way it is going. The hospital will be cutting people and patients will not have a safe place to go. This is scary. I fear it will be like Canada. One of my friend who is in medical school right now. She used to be a nurse in Canada. She told me the nurse patient ratio is really bad. That why she does not want to take it anymore. She left and become a doctor in US right now. She told me that US is changing to become more like Canada. I hope this won't affect nurses, but it is not to be affected because when you decrease moneys who they will cut. Everyone!

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Moved to the Social & Healthcare Activism forum.

[GCTMT]

It's hard to say how this will play out. If we are really going to have a system like Canada's. Then the first thing we need to do is cut administrative costs. We spend too much money on administration.

[Happynursing]

I feel the same that they should cut the administrative costs, but in the business positive I feel that hospital won't do that. They will cut PCT, Nurse assistant, RN, and then salaries of the residents. They might cut some of the doctors as well. It really depend on the department. But I wonder why the president does not control the law suit that hospital receives to limit the price that patient can get. I know Florida has that law. Or why he does not lower the cost of malpractice insurance in some state. I read some article in some state that because of malpractice insurance issue. There are some state has hard time finding nurses or doctor to work for them. I forget where I saw that article. But I remember I saw it before it. I just really wish that the medical does not be hurt by it because RN is really under pay in some state. And we work long hours, treat badly by either coworker or patient and stress out.

[K98]

The easiest and quickest way to cut costs in healthcare is to reduce access (close hospitals). Fewer hospitals, fewer practitioners, fewer bills.