Purely hypothetical... IF Hillary Clinton gets elected and IF she pushes through her socialized medicine plan then what would happen to the payscale for U.S. nurses? Would it drop $10 an hour per nurse?
I know these are big IF's and I am not here to argue if her plan could ever work but I am just trying to plan ahead in case it DOES happen.
Also I cant seem to find anything to tell me how much nurses make in the socialized medicine countries like canada or united kingdom. Does anyone know how much these nurses make on average?
Specializes in He who hesitates is probably right....
Not where I live...this is all public record and can be looked up. I live in a suburb of Chicago and in the HS here after 10 years teachers are making 90K or more. Check out thechampion.org and see what IL teachers are making.Thats with excellent insurance and the best pensions. We had a teacher here who was a football coach and drivers ed teacher making 146+ when he retired. The police here also do well, you must live in a rural area!
+1. My government public safety pension pays more per month than my RN salary, and my retirement plan also pays my healthcare (self and family). Nurses are seriously undervalued, administrators know it, and pray that it continues. A lot of nurses exit healthcare within the first five years, imagine how many would leave if socialized medicine cut their salaries. No offense to our neighbors to the north, but this is not Canada. Just because it works there, don't assume it will work here. Besides, I see enough Canadians self-paying at the facility where I work to have serious doubts about Canadian healthcare.
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+1. My government public safety pension pays more per month than my RN salary, and my retirement plan also pays my healthcare (self and family). Nurses are seriously undervalued, administrators know it, and pray that it continues. A lot of nurses exit healthcare within the first five years, imagine how many would leave if socialized medicine cut their salaries. No offense to our neighbors to the north, but this is not Canada. Just because it works there, don't assume it will work here. Besides, I see enough Canadians self-paying at the facility where I work to have serious doubts about Canadian healthcare.