Cost cutting is definitely to blame for how understaffed hospitals are. Then Covid happened and it got even worse. It's definitely not all due to Covid though.

Cost cutting is definitely to blame for how understaffed hospitals are. Then Covid happened and it got even worse. It's definitely not all due to Covid though. Even the "not-for-profit" medical group in my area has been pushing doctors and PAs to take more and more patients, well past what they're comfortable with. Nursing staff has been cut down to nothing compared to 10 years ago. Wages haven't gone up to match the increase in workload. Again, this started before Covid, the pandemic just highlighted how much these cuts screwed over both healthcare professionals and patients.