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Then salaries need to increase.

• yazaddaruvala 5y ago
  I agree they should increase, but who would be paying for the increase? The elderly who are already retied and likely have a fixed monthly expenditure?
  • adamrezich 5y ago
    idk it seems like the healthcare industry as a whole made bank off this whole thing, if they want to help prove it wasn't largely a massive cash grab for the people at the top, then surely they'll reinvest their profits back into salaries to solve understaffing issues?
    • yazaddaruvala 5y ago
      Elderly care isn’t really the same as the health care industry. I don’t know the nuances well so I might be wrong about this. Meanwhile, even for increasing salaries for nurses in the health care industry, in the USA the improved image has to have a positive profit-based motivation.
  • metta2uall 5y ago
    Many possibilities: firstly by reducing costs from excessive profits, insurance company staffing, "management", etc. Secondly by increasing revenue, e.g. from reducing corporate tax loopholes & increasing corporate tax rates.
    • yazaddaruvala 5y ago
      I like the ship you’re sailing :), I’m onboard. Sadly, I don’t think this sailboat has enough of us on it to change the momentum of capitalistic incentives or US policy. I hope one day it does, but until then “who’s gonna pay for the salary increase?”