Money Category
The Cost of Life: Shall we start the bidding at $……., Do I hear $…..
Perusing the abyssal of medial bogs this morning I came across yet another winning accolade for healthcare that involves a young man [17 year old Nick Colombo] who lives in the Los Angeles area that is fighting a battle with metastatic cancer. His insurance provider Pacific Care had initially denied his claim for advanced radiation treatment it appears due to the cost of the therapy – some $100,000.00. Family and friends were predictably outraged and disappointed.
Medical Tourism: Who really pays? Who really saves?
Periodically the news enlightens us with not so glamorous stories of individuals seeking medical care outside the borders of the United States (U.S.). These reports are usually about everyday people seeking cosmetic surgery, dental care, or some other medical treatment that they are unable to access in the U.S., usually due to the associated costs or their insurance status.
Hospitals spin the wheel with mandatory OT, no one wins.
Your in the middle of your shift, the nursing supervisor comes over to the group of nurses working and asks if anyone would like to stay and “do a double”. There is immediate silence, each nurse looks at the other and almost unanimously everyone turns back to the supervisor and signals a resounding “no”. In response the supervisor declares that someone has to be mandated.
Stats show RN salaries may have reached a plateau
Nursing salaries may be leveling out as reported by Advance for Nurses. An on-line study collected salary data of 7500 nurses across the United States which indicated that salaries may have reached a plateau. The report shows a $3000 drop in nursing salaries this year compared to 2007. There are other indicators that suggest the nursing shortage is also tapering off. Experts say that one reason is the large number of nurses that are at the top of their facility pay scale who are now only getting an annual cost of living adjustment.
