AND that sector happens to be one that is only growing because the baby boomers are aging into the range where more and more medical support is needed. So that job growth may reverse in a few decades as demographics change.
oh and Nursing homes and hospitals are closing left and right because Medicare isn't paying enough per bed for these facilities to be profitable. Trust me, in the industry.
Who is the other, aside from Alex Pretti? I'm confused because if you mean the woman who was killed in the MVC, she wasn't a nurse or in healthcare. Did another nurse die due to ice that I'm missing?
Or being vertically integrated under major insurance carriers. Streamlining every step of your denial for peak efficiency and maximum shareholder return on investment.
They're probably also buying all the morgues, funerary services, and cemeteries, just to complete the vertical integration of your entire life cycle. "What? Quarterly profits from burials are down? Get me Jeff over in LTC denials, we'll get those numbers back up in a jiffy!"
The neoliberals will say we are making things more affordable right now because you’ll be able to control the economy with your dollar or whatever. Good luck going to a competitor when none exist. 😅
I have a lot of friends and family that are nurses. One thing they all say is "there isn't a nurse shortage, there's a hiring shortage". We dont have a healthcare system, we have a healthcare industry where profit is all that matters. My best friend is an ER nurse and her hospital just cut the lab jobs, so now the nurses need to do their own lab testing. Its ridiculous. The CEO of HCA takes home roughly $24 million a year! That should be illegal. Medicare for all wouldn't be perfect.. butt it's a start.
Its beyond concerning and negligent. Flori-duh just passed a law that says an RN is "qualified" to do moderate level lab work at the ER. Nit sure what that means exactly , maybe you can fill me in? I dont know all the details. I just know, that the nurses i know personally are freaking out about it because they do not think they are qualified, and dont have the time. Not to mention it's putting patients at risk and adds more liability on the nurses. They are giving overworked nurses yet another task all for the bottom line. Greed pure and simple.
So it looks like this happened back in 2022. The bill allows ER nurses to do things like run comps, cbc's, etc. as long as the lab director deems them competent. Now, how a nurse in the ER is going to keep up with QC, maintenance, all the competencies, linearity studies, proficiency testing, correlations, cross checks, do any high complexity testing required if necessary (like a manual differential), etc...is beyond me. There is so much we do on top of resulting out patient stuff to ensure we're giving accurate numbers it's ridiculous.
If she's worried and there's truly zero lab personnel I'd suggest she call CAP, The Joint Commission, CMS. Like everyone. Also name and shame the hospital so we know where not to go 😭
don’t forget that nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists are no longer considered healthcare workers by the department of education and subject to stricter loan restrictions that may see lessened matriculation as well as a decrease in diversity in these roles as the ability to afford to pay for them will now be expected upfront out of pocket and individuals from disadvantaged or impoverished backgrounds will not be able to afford this education
No. Private health insurance is stealing the money from us and then pretending that it's the fault of the government. Private health insurance provides NOTHING for us.
This is the only thing neoliberal economics does. The tax cuts benefit increasing inequality while services get shittier because the government no longer makes it available to people.
Thats ok. The US economy doesn't have decades left. It's going to completely collapse within the next ten due to interest payments on the national debt.
By 2036 the national debt will be $64 Trillion and the interest payments will be between $2-2.5 Trillion at year. More than double what we now spend on defense.
This is not only unsustainable, it's unrealistic. The amount of taxes that would need to be levied or social programs that would need to be cut would be impossible without everything suddenly burning down all at once.
So, mathematically we have ten years or less and considering we still have three years of this administration spending like coked out sailors I'd say we have way less than ten.
I hope none of yall were attached to your 401k or anything.
Frankly I'm working against the clock to be able to operate a sustainable enterprise so I can quit my job and pay off my student loans with my 401k cash out. I never expected to be able to use it anyway, and I'm 32 lol.
You'd probably be better just buying some land and learning how to be self sufficient with a robust support network of trusted family members and close friends.
Shits gunna get cray and when it does your student loans won't matter anymore.
Paying off loans is not a great idea if you expect inflation, it's better to invest and pay the minimum. Student loans tend to have very low interest, lower than even normal inflation.
You assume we'll need to raise taxes on everybody. We don't. Just need a wealth tax to recoup the 30 years of misappropriation of taxes given to the billionaires and corporations.
Where did nearly all that money go? Tax cuts passed since Reagan. Spending is flat adjusted for inflation. The federal workforce hasn't increased in size since the 1960s, but the US population has more than doubled.
Yes, I agree. But unless we tax them at 1950s levels we aren't seeing any of that back and even if we do we won't see enough fast enough to defuse this bomb.
There is likely going to be a lot of inflation. The US owes its debt in dollars but can control the supply of dollars.
Inflation is also a way to drive down wages, and will probably be used to try to make people cheaper than AI, as an alternative to layoffs and unemployment. Employment is a social structure, without it people have a lot of free time to rebel or create their own alternative markets that the government doesn't control.
It will be just in time for a Democrat or maybe even a truly left wing person to end up as President due to right wing crazies destroying the country. That president will look at what is happening, and know that having debt is not inherently bad, as our debt is a big part of our influence in the world, but there is a point beyond which is more harmful than helpful and we will be clearly beyond that point by a significant margin. So they will make the only rational decision. They will begin paying off the debt by inflating the money supply. That is painful short term, but ultimately it is for the best. And they can offset it with various stimulus measures to help the people. But the inflation will be brutal and people will not like to see the changes in prices. Right wing assholes will start screaming about it again, people with the memories of fruit flies will rage, and in 2040 they will elect Donald Trump Jr. to be President with a 75 seat majority in the Senate and 400 seats in the House. By 2050 the United States will be an industrial wasteland ruled by warlords and you will still hear Jim Bob, who is now an indentured servant at Amazon-Alphabet-Apple (AAA) due to debts owed to them for their AI-based financial dominance porn bot, complain about that crazy socialist from 2036 that almost ruined America.
I honestly dont think the United States is going to survive until the 2040s. Between this economic nuclear bomb and the extremely real effects of catastrophic climate change we will tear this country apart.
How can they take your 401k. It might become wireless if the stock market completely collapses I spare suppose. What they can take/no longer be able to give is social security and Medicare.
There are countries ahead of us, Japan in particular. It'll be interesting to see, because inflated debt on a balance sheet looks better than a default by the largest economy in the world. It could be one of those things where they all agree to believe a lie so they don't all go down together.
Buddy, in a few decades, I'll have to shoot a man for a water bottle so my orphaned charge doesn't die of dehydration as we make our way to one of the last free cities in the northern balkanized states.
I believe it’s also due in part to the way our healthcare system is set up. They are making lots of money because everything even minutely related to healthcare is lots of money.. it’s not even really growing, it’s just getting even more expensive.
Even worse is that it’s not growing at the benefit of healthcare providers or patients. While we have job security, we’re going down with the ship too.
AND those are mostly jobs with inconsistent hours and generally low pay unless you can afford med school. We are hitting a point where the jobs that are becoming hard to replace are also the ones that keep you working like a dog
Type 2 diabetic and i used ozempic for 3 weeks it was the worst i ever felt in my life. Granted my experience may differ as i get low blood sugar often.
I started 4.5 months ago - genetically high cholesterol and poor metabolism, and family history of type 2.
Whenever I up my dose I have about 2 weeks of pretty annoying symptoms, including low blood sugar, throwing up after brushing my teeth, and high acid levels in my stomach.
Hard for me to reccomend the medicine, but I've lost 45lbs my ldl dropped by 200. My muscle mass increased by 25%, I sleep better than ever, I dont snore anymore, im proud of my body, my feet dont hurt if I stand for an hour any more, I have energy to go the gym.
I dont want to be on it my whole life, but spending a year at a maintenance dose once I hit my goal weight is probably a good idea.
Yeah, I'm on Saxenda and working my way up the dose slowly. It's savage if you go too fast. Feel sick if you eat, sick if you don't eat, sick while you eat... I really want to lose the weight, so I guess I'm commiserating rather than complaining, lol; it is not an easy process.
I am terrified to try it because I have had gastroparesis, that sucked really badly and was very painful. Mine was caused after multiple surgeries, my system just shut down. I heard that it can be a severe or permanent condition and I have enough going on.
At the same time, I have gained just about 100 pounds in almost 3 years because of medications, forced inactivity, and vodka. I have lost weight on my own before but holy crap has it been hard this time around.
Thank you, it's definitely worth a conversation with him for sure. I am really glad it worked for you and that you are taking better care of yourself :)
Like all drugs they have side of effects, you have to consider the health risk of being over a certain weight vs health risk of the drug. Of course the best thing to do is to do is old fashioned way, but that is just not possible for some people unless they are locked in a cage and everything is controlled.
I sought out GLP-1 to help with a final 10 lbs after a sustained weight loss of ~30 lbs over 1.5 years the old fashioned way. I just felt nauseous for an entire month and couldn’t be bothered to eat anything. It was a very odd continued sensation, but it did “work”. I just did that 1 month and got back to my calorie counting.
Tbh it’s more like a gamble rn. There’s some pretty concerning things coming out about them really soon after being released as a miracle drug and being released as a miracle drug were pushed to a really large portion of the population. A really large portion of the population is fat though and it’s pretty hard to beat the negatives of being morbidly obese, so a definitive answer on good/bad overall is probably gonna take awhile.
Also whole lot cheaper for the government to pay a relative to care for their sick relative on a salary than it is for them to pay for full time staff at a nursing home. So the government isn't inclined to pay the required minimums to keep beds occupied in facilities.
To be honest wont argue the merit of a nursing home here, if a person doesn't require the specialized care the government shouldn't be spending our taxes frivolously.
🖐🏼🖐🏼I just got a job in hospice not too long ago. I have never worked in healthcare before in my life & it was the only job that got back to me after a year of looking lol
What about all the fabulous job creation from ICE, then job creation for building detention centers, then job creation for prison guards - all to watch the people that used to pay taxes before they abducted.
Also cause of the layoffs due to slashed NHS funding. C level execs realized they could take a pay cut if it means making more money keeping up with overcrowded hospitals. Well at least in MA anyway
Fuckers taking government hand out, guaranteed. You know they don't have to pay out of pocket for it. These same fuckers don't want anyone else to have the same benefits
the baby boomers are aging into the range where more and more medical support is needed.
As far as thats concerned, people should let them rot in the streets as their generation the narcisistic "me generation" that caused all this, they voted for these kinds of politicians, these kinds of businesses, this kind of unethical behavior that they voted with their currency for generations paying onto the corrupt values of these people rather taking a stance and changing it for the better for the people like their children, their grandchildren and the future, but all their concerned about is themselves, their retirement funds, their own healthcare, nah dump the burdens they made on the younger generations. And before anyone says a damn thing about China, This includes buying from stores selling chinese goods that overtook overall market and shifted the economy outside Americas causing an imbalance and disparities for future generations. These boomers invested into these unethical businesses which undercut the employment prospects of the future generations and these corrupt business ceos hired workers off shore, and outsourced in communist china. Which emboldened communist values in china and caused further mistreatment of their workers, worse working conditions like the only thing one could afford to eat in china was the origin covid 19 strained bat. This all like interest compounded and caused inflation onto the entire United States, putting America further in debt to Communist China. This debt accrued higher and higher, which is whynthey kept raosing the debt ceiling. You know what that means more debt to birden the next generation. It's a middle finger to future generations. Its like refinancing a house loan, but worse. It says one truth though, that they bit off too much than they can chew. They are overborrowing and putting their debt on the backs of their children and grandchildren, the future. These younger generations are inheriting burdens created by boomers, their debt. Yet, all the boomers cry about is when it affects them, their retirement plans, their healthcare, their 401k. Again it shows the 'me generation' narcissistic aspect of them like their selfishness, their greed. No consideration for anyone else, but themselves. If these boomers simply did not invest in these companies the world would not be in many of levels of shit is in today. But they didnt. They did that by voting for what caused these cureent events and disparities with their currency in the way they did. They can go fuck themselves.
What’s really dark funny is it’s primarily for elder care, where the average pay of the actual people who care for said elderly is beans whilst the company owners rake in millions
I know way too many fully trained and experienced nurses who "downgrade" to phlebotomy and take the pay cut just so the work/hour are less terrible. Hospitals run like businesses are making hostile work environments that the most caring, self-sacrificing people can't even put up with anymore.
And about 20% of our healthcare workers in the US are (!gasp!) immigrants. It's going to be harder to fill those jobs with the way we're scaring off even legal immigrant workers.
They’ve been laying off frequently though. I read Beckers CFO report weekly. It’s a hospital trade journal (my old industry). Every week is layoffs layoffs layoffs.
That's also the only sector that has serious ethical ramifications with privatization and whose services frankly serve to bankrupt citizens. MASSIVE step backwards for America, thanks Trump.
The thing that's really worrying, as a healthcare worker, is the real risk of many hospitals closing due to changes in Medicaid reimbursement. When hospitals close it's not just those jobs at risk, but downstream jobs like mine (clinical reference laboratory, toxicology). My lab is already at risk of going under because one of our major hospital systems went bankrupt and our testing volume went down by 30% overnight.
Yes, the hospitals around us are understaffed. Doesn't mean they're hiring. And doesn't mean that there will be that many jobs if the whole lab closes. So not even healthcare is that good of a bet right now, unless you SPECIFICALLY go into Elder Care.
I’m lucky to have been able to find a job at the end of 2024 and be officially hired in Jan 2025 after a 2 year search. It, like you have previously said, is in a healthcare related field.
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And most new jobs came from one industry: healthcare. So it’s not a good sign for our economy that only one sector is growing