“It could be like a Lehman Brothers scenario, where a couple of big health care companies take the economy down.”

Covid has wreaked havoc on our nursing system, creating escalating nursing discontent, and escalating nurse pay. The supply chain is precarious and prices for everything, from gloves, to masks, to medicines, is escalating. Costs to run hospitals are escalating and revenues lost from out-patient ortho procedures, etc. are decreasing. They are making it because of COVID subsidies, but how long will those last? At what cost? While making record profits in the early pandemic, insurance companies... Read more
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums