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Understaffing by HMO’s and insurance companies trying to cut costs. The medical staff are going on strike in my area. Their pay can’t keep pace with the inflati

Understaffing by HMO’s and insurance companies trying to cut costs. The medical staff are going on strike in my area. Their pay can’t keep pace with the inflation stoked by this administration’s disastrous policy decisions. Rents are up 15% yoy, nurses and doctors salaries flat while they work twice as hard. Shameful really.

m0llusk 5y ago
This assertion that US federal administration policies have created enormous inflation is popular, but not well supported. Most of the inflationary shocks have proven to be short term and are in the process of correction including lumber and shipping prices. The most concerning price increases have to do with housing, education, and health care and have been outpacing salaries for even longer than Biden has been a politician, let alone serving as President. The long term explosion of health care costs means calls to pay providers more may not even be possible given the huge and sharply increasing percentage of GDP that health care already takes. Not only is inflation not something we can depend on, there are strong deflationary forces at work which is why we continue to be in the strange position of having zero to negative real interest rates. Of course if deflation starts to do its terrible work then that will be blamed on that horrible opposing political party as well.
StrictDabbler 5y ago
You are replying to a post about an Australian health care issue with a knee-jerk response that is focused on American domestic health care policies. This suggests that you did not read the article and that you process the existence of a headline as confirmation of your existing beliefs, even when those beliefs are completely irrelevant. Australia has universal health care and HMO means Health Medical Officer there. Nothing about your comment has anything to do with the subject. It does say Australians right there in the headline.
- tuatoru 5y ago
  In NZ the jargon is PHOs, primary healthcare organizations, for GPs. what's the Aussie jargon?

m0llusk 5y ago

This assertion that US federal administration policies have created enormous inflation is popular, but not well supported. Most of the inflationary shocks have proven to be short term and are in the process of correction including lumber and shipping prices. The most concerning price increases have to do with housing, education, and health care and have been outpacing salaries for even longer than Biden has been a politician, let alone serving as President. The long term explosion of health care costs means calls to pay providers more may not even be possible given the huge and sharply increasing percentage of GDP that health care already takes. Not only is inflation not something we can depend on, there are strong deflationary forces at work which is why we continue to be in the strange position of having zero to negative real interest rates. Of course if deflation starts to do its terrible work then that will be blamed on that horrible opposing political party as well.

StrictDabbler 5y ago

You are replying to a post about an Australian health care issue with a knee-jerk response that is focused on American domestic health care policies. This suggests that you did not read the article and that you process the existence of a headline as confirmation of your existing beliefs, even when those beliefs are completely irrelevant. Australia has universal health care and HMO means Health Medical Officer there. Nothing about your comment has anything to do with the subject. It does say Australians right there in the headline.

tuatoru 5y ago
In NZ the jargon is PHOs, primary healthcare organizations, for GPs. what's the Aussie jargon?