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I wonder what the controversy is...
Oh, of course, they don't want to pay people. These business owners should go back to econ 101, the labour market is just another market. If you can't get enough people at current prices, you need to PAY MORE.
Oh, it's funded. Two steps. Grab your wallet, Mark. Look in your wallet. There is your funding.
The only time you can reliably expect the US Congress to actually do anything for their fat paychecks is when it has to prevent other people in government to do their jobs.
Even if they could...
Were like 3 years deep into a nationwide nursing shortage and even hospitals can't get staffed up.
Biden is "creating jobs" that we literally don't have qualified people to fill.
Which is going to lead to lots of nursing homes being forced to close, and shitty nurses always having a place to land somewhere.
You know what would help?
If Biden had fixed our student loan shit show so more people are able to afford to be nurses.
Like most of the headlines about Biden, it only sounds good if you don't think further than the headline.
Down the road this causes more problems than it'll fix.
Most of these positions do not require a college degree. They don't need RN's- a lot of these positions can be filled by high school kids. My wife and a lot of our friends in high school and college worked these jobs. My neighbor did in-home care for decades with no degree and recently chose to retire early because the pay wasn't worth staying and she makes more money buying and selling antiques at conventions now.
How many other qualified people have been forced out of the industry due to low wages?
Your comments on Biden seem to indicate You're either uninformed or purposefully spreading political misinformation. A quick internet search will tell you the Biden administration has forgiven $153 billion in student loans. It would be more if the Supreme Court hasn't shut down his broader cancellation measures last year.
Is he doing everything he can? Well I've seen tons of proposals for other measures to cap the tuition costs or change federal lending, but afaik just about everything would require a bill to be passed by Congress. This may shock you, but Biden can to vote in either the House of Representatives or the Senate so you need to find your own representatives, find their stances, and write to them about this (or anything else you care about).
Unless you have some other proposal I haven't heard of for executive action that could survive the supreme court?
You're 100 percent right. My ex went to a short course to be a CNA for one of these facilities, she got paid 3 dollars less than I did. At the time I was a loser high school graduate that delivered packages for fed ex. Now I make 7 dollars more than I did back then, still a loser with just a high school degree and nothing else. I'm a scheduling admin for a company. This wasn't even that long ago, like 2 years. They get paid criminally low for being in Healthcare.
Man, the article is right there...
CNA requirement vary by state, but I don't know any where you don't need a highschool degree.
Among other things.
https://www.practicalnursing.org/allied-healthcare/certified-nursing-assistant