It may be worth pondering that it is a bubble about to pop. I’m not saying it is, but it’s worth some research and meditation.
I have friends and relatives in health care, crappy work if you’re not a doctor. Long hours, short pay, and lots of putting up with prima donna doctors. And that doesn’t even get into the stress of knowing that one screw up could kill somebody.
Obamacare is wrecking this curve.
The healthcare workers they are looking for now are not the high end ones (MD’s, BSN’s, MSN’s, ect), they are primarily CNA’s and RN’s.
It’s simply not possible to build a vibrant, sustainable economy on “health care” and government jobs.
I disagree about the future of health care. Just south of the border, there are very large numbers of competent and English speaking health care workers willing to provide care *for the most expensive* types of US health care needs, and at much less cost.
Likewise, the Mexican legal environment is much better suited for inexpensive provision, thus giving doctors and surgeons strong incentive to practice there, even on a commuter basis. That is, insurance costs are minimal, and malpractice is not based on reward, but punishment of an incompetent doctor.
What will likely happen is that large, high security, medical enclaves will be built just south of the border. Only authorized people from the north or south will be allowed to enter, so it might act as a sort of “duty free” zone. Mexico already has a small prototype of this, with its “Zona Rosa” of pharmacies in Tijuana. But this would be far grander in scale and scope.
The big emphasis areas will be surgery and extended care with hyper-expensive (in the US) drugs, plus long term nursing care in American designed quality housing, with a much better patient to caregiver ratio.
It also needs other housing areas for visitors and support personnel. By mutual agreement, access to and from the north entrance only will be streamlined for authorized Americans, and the same with authorized Mexicans at the south entrance only.
Then there’s this from Sacramento:
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/04/4097980/new-california-nursing-graduates.html
Nurses are having a tough time getting hired.
Everyone has to eat.
You can believe this chart if you like. Personally, I think it is another crock of BS from the FedGov. Good way to get lots of people in college, but go to any hospital and ask how many applications they have per open position. The answer will be in the hundreds.
automation is the only way to bring back american jobs.
we need more robots doing factory and production so it is too expensive to move work outside the usa.
we no longer have health care.
we have rationing care until you have a DUTY to die care.
only the crony capitalists will have unlimited subsidized healthcare.
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