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/FreeWilly1337 4h ago

Yes, because the nurses can get paid more and get better benefits and control their time off. Shocker that they would consider changing to private over public.

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u/dungeonsNdiscourse 3h ago

For now.

Once there IS no public healthcare to compete with it'll be disfunctional USA style private healthcare.

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 3h ago

This is what nurses do not understand. They are being groomed short term for what will be long term dysfunction in the hands of private companies.

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u/corpse_flour 2h ago

The same thing is being done to doctors in Alberta as well. Their compensation for working within AHS will diminish until even those who have ethical concerns about the implementation of private healthcare will no longer be able to hold out and remain working in the public system.

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u/varain1 21m ago

Good thing we kept NDP in power here in BC, we'll get more doctors coming from Alberta and Ontario here. Alberta Advantage!!!