waitiseeadog
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Tldr: doctors and nurses having benefits cut because profits are down right now.
Sauce: https://www.propublica.org/article/coronavirus-er-doctors-nurses-benefits
LousySunGod
Hmmm... so is this suggesting profits over people as a part of healthcare? Well, I for one, am simply shocked by this! Shocked I say!
deathandtaxes1
Tomadzo
So now there’s a banana next to my up/down votes in the app. Let’s shove them up these execs asses
Mithi
Detective Foster: "Yeah, and we're not gonna fall for a banana in the tailpipe."
Kahmael
If we Americans vote for known incompetent leaders and failed policies after this, then we are a stupid as the rest of the world thinks
stronomer
The US is so hosed.
leopardspotster
https://i.imgur.com/ijH4nCg
Xander77777
But for-profit healthcare is just the American way, and there's nothing we can do to change. Nope, absolutely nothing, the primary is over.
Woestkonijn
USA is a shithole
RobertZimmermanWasRight
Capitalism, yeah!
NursePaulFlowers
Dude America like, kinda fucking sucks.
RCSpotz
In unrelated news, the CEO of Alteon Health was awarded a $16M bonus for his performance in Q1 2020. Join me in congratulating him.
nando2au
This is why the US health system is widely regarded as a basket case.
vorpalblade82
Its almost as privatising health care prioritises money over health. Weird.
massaka123
Against the wall...not even last words. Straight to the fucking wall.
mypreferedusernamewastaken
Post it on www.didtheyhelp.com
Aarkenth
The American medical and political system is absolutely hot garbage. Late-stage, greedy capitalism at work.
ThailandExpress
guess who wants to keep this system in place?
Scahrossar
He's the perfect status quo candidate. Only maginally better than trump, which is quite the low bar.
Starbolt81
Add another to the 'bastard' list we're keeping during this pandemic.
JeffGodofBiscuits
How's the executive pay doing? After all, that's the only thing that matters, right?
Maldraek
Bonuses all round!
WarlockSniper
Do you wish for me to prepare the buffet? I have watched many barbeque videos and know how to make my own sauce.
CyberSpaceGal
Obviously
Ikwilstroopwaffels
iT wIlL TRiCkLe DoWN wHY sHoUlD pEOpLe Be PuNIsHeD fOR suCcess?1!!1
fbutt09
“Come on people! we need to make savings and people cuts so we can pay ourselves more and a bonus this year”. —Greedy management, probably.
XXXSpork
Won't someone please think of the shareholders!?!
AlienNippleAntennae
secretoaster
Only four ivory back scratcher this year
confanity
It is if you're in the GOP. Well, that and stock prices.
TrueNorthernLights
As much as I despise the GOP, the US has been broken in this manner a long time.
confanity
The GOP has specifically been working to break it in exactly that manner since Reagan at the very latest, so the two aren't exclusive.
MuffinProof
Die, Katagawa!
aubuc
mymistake4coffins
No it's the stockholders
Inarticulated
Stockholders should have nothing to do with hospitals/hospital care
Daemon7777
I don't know. If enough ppl have some money at hand to build a new hospital and they decide to use stocks as a basis for Involvement that is
Daemon7777
Not necessarily a bad thing. There should be additional laws though to make sure patients are not being exploited
Daemon7777
Every hospital has an owner so I don't think that stocks are adding much to the bad behaviour. If those stocks are publicly traded on an
CannabalisticSpaceRapArtist
I agree with you, but the golden parachute while making millions as a board member.. the millions can help the payroll
waitiseeadog
Not good enough, apparently.
degenerator
Probably big bonuses for cutting pay so effectively.
criticalmassdriver
Where's the god damn hazard pay.
MaadMaanMaatt
I make beer and I’m getting hazard pay for still coming to work... wtf kind of world are we living in?
Rangermcclure
America....
KillerHI
I’m a cop and not even getting hazard pay...
kaitekarue
Direct care for high risk individuals in a group home, and out with breathing concerns at moment. No hazard pay either. Also onl 22k a year
Ketheres
Custodian here. No hazard pay either. Not cleaning hospitals though, only care homes and markets atm.
Fistouille
Honest question from across the pond: aren't there any unions in the US?
carnagefiend
Rustbelt here. Unions also brought this on themselves by becoming corrupt and lethargic. Problem is humans and bureaucracy, always has been.
RadicalLeftist
Yes but they have been cut back by constant conservative attacks.
Skywatcher16
dont you know? unions are commie terrism! cant have em here!
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
Sadly Democrats have joined Republicans in disdain for unions in the last 40 years, since both parties can't get enough corporate dick.
drunkpanther
Now hold on. It’s cutting ADMIN pay by 20% (mgmnt & above) and suspending 401k matches. Doctors and Nurses still get paid the same, yes?
drunkpanther
What bonus would you get from this? The PTO thing is a kick in the shins, though.
waitiseeadog
And.... Sick leave?? If you get sick, caring for the sick....
drunkpanther
Is sick leave not considered pto?
TedFromSales
Depends on the state and how the company set it up. My old job we had separate sick days from pto. Others lump them together
drunkpanther
But the article doesn’t say anything about sick leave?
waitiseeadog
And sick leave.
fpsnoob
I'm amazed that's even legal.
FeChefImgur
What, to pay someone less $ ? Nearly any contract has a "force majeure" clause in. They could just walk off the job, but then they get $0.
mingey2064
The USA are trash at looking after healthcare and employees
crazymojomonkey
but they are pretty good at innovating new treatments and meds
Skywatcher16
*anyone without a 7 or more digit net worth
ChefMgV18
Yep. My mom's an RN at our local hospital, they've cut some major benefits & since there's no union, the RNs can't fight it. It's awful. :(
jetah
sounds like the whole staff needs to go home for 14 days.
waitiseeadog
Read these stories. Take note. My dad is an anesthesiologist, he's worked 24 hours on, 24 hours off delivering babies for weeks straight now
waitiseeadog
I live less than a quarter mile from him. He hasn't seen his grandchildren in a month. Nor has my mom. #supportTheFrontLine
FeChefImgur
Sounds like they need to start a union !
ChefMgV18
It'll never happen, it's so top heavy with administrative staff. It's a shit show.
Josefbugman1543
Would personally recommend the IWW if you have a chapter nearby. They aren't an official union, but they can help a lot!
2fligh2high
In the Netherlands insurance companies are working together so that all hospitals have no financial worries etc. Sounded pretty good
Scahrossar
Insurance companies here would do the same, if given a chance. Don't kid yourself. The difference here (for now)
Scahrossar
is that this would cause riots, because we're not yet used to being screwed over that hard by them.
Chainhealer
And the government is giving a bonus to all healthcare workers on the front line. Maybe even all healthcare workers.
WilkoDeZeeuw
That's how we roll!
IsThisHowYouMakeUserNamesImNewHere
You guys in the US are always going on about protecting your freedoms with all those guns you have....
Mithi
Last time I made that argument my comment got deleted.
Nikolai5
They talk the talk but really they are happy to be subservient to their corporate overlords.
Isgrimnur
It’s almost as if healthcare shouldn’t be a for-profit business.
waitiseeadog
Almost.
narniasreal
Sounds like you're a communist!
WilkoDeZeeuw
Would Obama care?
PandAnomoly
CyberSpaceGal
This
notinterestednow
It’s a matter of national security. It should be a defense budget line item.
Hobbitmofo
Almost.
EnTaroSheelal
As someone who has 3 prescriptions to pick up tomorrow, all generic, and paying over $200 /after/ insurance, I agree.
Nikolai5
$200 after insurance? That's way more than I pay a month for unlimited free healthcare. Is there no better provider?
EnTaroSheelal
Mnnope. I can't drive/even do housework sometimes because of the multiple foot problems/surgeries I've had. But I'm only 30, so when 1/
EnTaroSheelal
2/ I try to apply for disability they say tldr-style, "you're too young, deal w/ it". So I'm on pain meds 24/7 and Fibromyalgia meds ($$$$)
EnTaroSheelal
3/ which block the nerve pain. Only thing that works. That is the $100 med, of which I have 2 different doses because the dose I need isn't
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SkepticMech
Stand and deliver. Especially if you want to get bumped up de liver transplant list.
brahmstalker
Yah, you’re gonna have to fight to change that one, it’s too juicy
ItsJustACoincidence
Isn’t there still an election?
Jordgubbez
“BuT wHaT aBoUt OuR FrEeDOm tO cHoOsE?” To choose what, medical debt and destitution??
JeezusJuice
Liberty, I am told, is a Divine thing. Liberty when it becomes the 'Liberty to die by starvation' is not so divine! (Carlyle-Past & Present)
YourNotKoolAid
To remain a US resident?
Jordgubbez
... is medical debt now a requirement for residence?
SirShmoopyofAwesomtown
Just debt in general. The only reason they dont gibe credit cards to kids is because they cant legally sign a contract.
sunyudai
There's a billboard on the highway near me for a kids credit card co-signed by the parents.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Just like Soviet Russia
geab
Or, ya know, like every other 1st-1world country.
TanDumpLord
Right. Definitely. This is a man who's done his research! Fuck the doctors and let's fucken go capitalism, am I right?
Tjitso
Maybe he was being sarcastic?
agonarch
Hey, let the man have his dream of having Soviet Russia level healthcare systems! Maybe one day...
TanDumpLord
Fingers crossed!
iamthatllama
WHY IS SHIT SO FUCKED
Pineappletrain
merica!
cousteau
Because people are assholes. Except medical people. And MrPuckett.
Thulrin
'Merica
RadicalLeftist
Neo conservatism.
Xander77777
No, this is 100% neo-liberalism (which, for all that you hear of horseshoe theory, is actually remarkably comfortable with neo-conervatism)
RadicalLeftist
Care to explain?
RadicalLeftist
Sorry what i mean is, can you give a summary of neo liberalism and its many failures.
cyborganism
Fuck America and it's ass backwards society. I'm so tired of reading this kind of shit all over the news, Reddit and Imgur. Jeez. Rise up!
oumajgad
Nah, they'll deflect claiming other countries are worse and if they're better they're lying.
tschallacka
Bring down the upvotes! That'l teach 'em
tschallacka
rhysthree7
This is fucking disgusting. Government needs to step in and fund these healthcare workers right now.
Kim8them
I think the company should pay their own Bill's, you dont just give people a pay cut because you are not making a big enough profit. Tough .
waitiseeadog
This too.
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
lastcanadian
Thankful I'm a Canadian. Good luck to my comrades to the south. If you survive don't forget to vote.
MisterRogersinabloodstainedsweater
Who the hell down voted this??
Himser
In Alberta they are doing the same....
TheVakarian
Don't worry, we will.
PolarHailStorm
I got into a discussion about it yesterday. Apparently even if they vote, some electoral college can overrule it regardless;They have no say
RoovyRoo
Not from 'berta seems like. Them Kenney boys trying to fuck with our healthcare system. Not thrilled about that at all.
lastcanadian
Panicking about revenue. Oil is worthless. I've family an friends in Alberta. Good luck my friend.
2fast2barious
They are trying to fuck over teachers, doctors, nurses universities, public staff, etc. All Alberta will be in the end is a pipeline.
Rykur82
Trump 2020 all the way. He’s done a great job! Could you imagine Biden trying to handle all this? ?
Vinhead
You are so phucked in the head. Seek counseling
Ornomornos
Potentially 100 000-200 000 dead Americans after all his downplaying, fucks ups, lies, feet dragging and ratings bragging. Maganificent job!
DiscountOneLiners
Can you imagine if he ACTUALLY done a great job & hadn’t disbanded the pandemic team in 2018 and had started taking this seriously in Feb?
ViggioMorgenstein69
No, but what about Bernie Sanders?
Rykur82
Bernie is 78, will be 79 in September. No way he’d have the energy to deal with this craziness.
Rykur82
Not to mention he had a heart attack a few months ago.
ViggioMorgenstein69
Maybe so but he's still the best candidate byyyyyyyy farrrrrrrr
wiillii
Seeing trumps approval rate climbin up, i have no hope americans realize things and will remember this during election.
EndOfMeaning
The joke's on them then. You might (accidently) fuck things up once, but if you repeat the fuckup, it's only you to blame.
Bruhbeans
It's going up? Really?
GodTurkey
National emergencies do that. Think bush and 9/11
facebooktwittergoogleyahoo2
Dubbya peaked at 92% approval post 9/11, highest I can find for trump is 49%.
tpanyS
Realistically it depends on what polls you look at. Also consider the agenda-driven polls on either side are almost certainly skewing.
SpitefulRed
They demographic that has seen the highest increase is under 25 and least educated~ it’s more than likely the prospect of stimulus checks.
MrXoop
Rally around the flag effect, I think he's close to 50% ATM? Bush Jr had massive spikes in approval after 9/11
15buckslittleman
This ^^^
GravyEducation
Both Bushes got up to the 90s in times of crisis. Trump's then would be relatively low.
Bruhbeans
But he's fucking everything up
wiillii
Man i dont get american either. Look up project 538s multiple poll graphs. Trumps approval is getting up.
Masonrig
Yes, and he's doing that so that this continues through the election, because Americans don't change presidents during a crisis.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Every year more and more Canadians are becoming healthcare tourists to other countries
Neighborhorgribnbib
No they're not.
sciencenf10
Wealthy Canadians go elsewhere for elective surgery to avoid wait times, poor things -- life-saving surgeries get priority.
sciencenf10
Cosmetic surgery isn't covered by the healthcare system, so ppl often get such surgeries while on vacation & stay away until healed up
hidemyfavs
Elective surgeries. Because they're cheaper elsewhere. Lifesaving surgery is always free.
agonarch
Man, Breaking Bad would've sucked if Hal from malcolm in the middle was canadian.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
My friend would go to a New York hospital for chemo treatment, we're both Canadians.
2fast2barious
Good for them? My mom and aunt got cancer treatment in Canada, I had my knee surgery.
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
It was the Ontario healthcare system that sent her to the States for chemo treatment.
slothyslothysloth
Cancer care in Canada is top notch.. I’m not sure why someone would choose this
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
It was the Ontario healthcare system that sent her to the States for chemo treatment.
JonnyTightlips
Yeah it's not common at all. World class cancer treatment and all no cost to the patient.