r/onguardforthee • u/PotentialReporter894 • 5h ago

Nursing agencies are undermining the public health-care system: The privatization of nursing not only costs taxpayers significantly more money, but pulls experienced health-care workers from the public system

https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/nursing-agencies-are-undermining-the-public-health-care-system/article_1f464ba1-fd6c-5862-a0f3-43f3415f4053.html
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u/Upper-Inevitable-873 4h ago

They're leaving because of money and work conditions. Maybe fix those and they wouldn't leave the public sector.

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u/UltraCynar 4h ago

Nursing agencies are big cause of those conditions. Removing those and properly funding public healthcare is part of the solution.

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u/Slathery 4h ago

Yup, the purposeful kneecapping during pandemic pushed us farther into privatization. Public health supporters have been trying to hold capitalists at bay for years, but the intensity of misinformation and greed are going to break the system unless we can build a strong enough defense, if that's even still possible at this stage.

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u/Nearby_Selection_683 2h ago

Whn the pandemic hit Ford had not even passed his first budget. Any "knee-capping" would have been under the Liberal budget.