Really wish the phrase "physician shortage" would break through more in mainstream discourse. The AMA artificially makes it harder for the US to produce medical professionals. We don't have enough doctors or medical schools in the US.
Nursing in this country is also atrocious. $50k to get a BSN at my local state university with scholarships that double as toilet paper. $20k for an LPN, $1k for the cheapest corporate CNA course. I've worked with patient:provider ratios of 20:1 and that was just accepted. For that wage, for double that wage, I wouldn't risk my life doing the job again knowing that it will only get worse. That city and anywhere within driving distance of that school has priced students out of living there unless they also have full-time jobs, which pay a whopping $14/hr at most unless you want to work manufacturing/Amazon without class availability.
Social murder. Every fucking person responsible for the healthcare system should line the Via Appia as a warning to future generations.
Really wish the phrase "physician shortage" would break through more in mainstream discourse. The AMA artificially makes it harder for the US to produce medical professionals. We don't have enough doctors or medical schools in the US.
Nursing in this country is also atrocious. $50k to get a BSN at my local state university with scholarships that double as toilet paper. $20k for an LPN, $1k for the cheapest corporate CNA course. I've worked with patient:provider ratios of 20:1 and that was just accepted. For that wage, for double that wage, I wouldn't risk my life doing the job again knowing that it will only get worse. That city and anywhere within driving distance of that school has priced students out of living there unless they also have full-time jobs, which pay a whopping $14/hr at most unless you want to work manufacturing/Amazon without class availability.
Social murder. Every fucking person responsible for the healthcare system should line the Via Appia as a warning to future generations.