Healthcare reform to affect healthcare careers
Well the new Healthcare Reform Bill has been pushed into “almost-law” today and it seems to me that there has rarely been such a great controversy-even amongst the health care community.
One doctor interviewed in CNN this AM says that their fees will have to go down, salaries will be reduced and less people will enter the health care field as a career. Another doctor stated that we already deal with a high percentage of uninsured folks and as a result, we all pay. “It is better to pay for it within an organized system such as this as opposed to the unorganized system we have been dealing with,” he says.
According to the Christian Science Monitor, several states are already filing lawsuits against the reform. These states include Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Washington, Utah, North Dakota, and South Dakota. John McCain has gone on record saying that he is “repulsed by the euphoria and that Americans will challenge the bill.”
Could it be that those without health insurance are choosing to see only parts of the bill? That we as Americans, so anxious for an insurance fix, and so hopeful that Obama can indeed provide what he promised that many of us have accepted the bill lock, stock and barrel without getting the details?
What about the right to life issue? The Pro-Life Democrats are saying that with the executive order, absolutely no federal funds can be used for abortion. They knew that they could not get a law passed but the executive order was the next best thing and they are “pleased with the results”. At the same time, the Pro-Life Republicans are stating emphatically that federal dollars WILL go towards abortion and that this is the biggest change benefitting abortion in the past 30 years. Their beef is that the health insurance companies will cover abortions and then be credited by the government which will of course come from our pockets-even from the pockets of those who believe that abortion is murder.
I suspect that if doctor’s fees are getting reduced, that it will also affect other health care careers due to the trickle-down effect. What do you think? Will nurses, lab technicians, etc also be affected? And if so, how will this affect you?
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It is much too early to say what will happen as a result of Health Care Reform, except to say there will be no “death panels”, ( not that several insurance companies didnt already have defacto death panels of their own, where they would deny coverage for pre-existing conditions,and drop coverage for expensive illnesses.)
Health care costs may moderate a bit, but without strong competition, it will not be exceptional–
It may become easier for people to get and keep insurance, and that may help job flexibility–as there will be fewer workers trapped in their golden handcuffs.
Will there be more healthcare jobs? I don’t know.
There may be either fewer or more insurance jobs, it will depend on how it pans out.
Hi Jeff, Thanks for posting. I guess if all the people get insurance that don’t have insurance, it might even increase healthcare job opps. I agree it’s very hard to to determine at this time. I wonder if these lawsuits will have an effect on it all.
A good article Thank you!