“Texas has one of the lowest Medicaid reimbursement rates, which makes it difficult for nursing homes and service providers to offer competitive wages.”
Once again we see how government involvement screws things up.
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Serving crap, or cleaning up crap.
And at McDonalds you can eat for free. Seems like a no brained for me.
Rapid, across the board increases in the minimum wage reduce incentive for job seekers to move into more skilled positions early on
To the commies, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
I doubt that RNs are quitting to flip burgers. Orderlies and kitchen staff, however, probably come from the same skill pool as the fast food workers and that kind of mobility makes sense. Probably is easier work for the same money.
Yes, I'm questioning the integrity of the writer.
um...this is going on without the $15.00 minimum in Texas.
If MC-Ds pays more, then they pay more.
Unless I’m missing something, it’s a crap comparison.
If the state takes up a $15.00 minimum wage, wouldn’t those low paying nursing home jobs now be 15 bucks an hour also ?
Tip of the iceberg. Unions also contribute.
Unintended consequences of letting GUMMINT control the marketplace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulated_market
Last line of the article: “....Keep an eye on this story in Texas because you’re going to see it start playing out in California and New York before very long.”
Seems to me I read in THIS article Texas still had the current minimum wage of $7.25 hr. I re read it, and it did say that. “First of all, the minimum wage in Texas hasn’t been impacted by the Fight for 15 movement yet, remaining at $7.25 per hour for the moment.”
California has already legislated a raise to $15.00 hr. by 2021, or 2022 (I forget which), and New York is considering doing the same, so there’s the difference. Market forces versus legislative forces is totally different thing.
For what it’s worth, I do not believe that a registered nurse makes less money than a MacDonald’s worker ANYWHERE in the US.
I would bet most of these jobs in the nursing homes are not really highly skilled nursing jobs. These are probably the people who have to clean up messes, bathe people, change their diapers etc. If you can make the same wage (or a little more) working for McDonald’s which one would you rather do?
McJobs.
I guess that’s only a term we hear when a Republican is in the White House.
They are not paying 13.00 an hour at Mc Donalds maybe if you are a manager.
Abusing old folks at nursing homes or spitting on burgers at McDonald’s - what’s it gonna be?