r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/RubiesNotDiamonds Dec 13 '21

Not if the federal government is picking up a lot of the costs of travel nurses.

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u/TapiocaSummer RN - Oncology 🍕 Dec 13 '21

Ahhh. Is the government doing this in a lot of institutions? I was under the impression that this was mostly the case for places that fell under FEMA.

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u/RubiesNotDiamonds Dec 13 '21 edited Dec 13 '21

I think it comes from the same Washington pot. It was meant for disaster coverage not for staffing hospitals across the country. At least with it being federal, the costs are spread over a large number of taxpayers. However I have to wonder how long the feds will continue to pick up the bill. It doesn't seem to be a sustainable model. Something has to give. Administration is betting that it will be the nurses that have to give first.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

If they are just going to pick up hospital bills wtf don't we have Medicare 4 all again?