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Originally Posted by Guest
Health care has been one of best performing sectors of the stock market of the last few years. For example Janus Global Life Sciences has had annualized return of 38% over the last three years (which means it doubles every two years!) Therefore, these have been very good years for these private companies. In addition, the salaries of a registered nurse fresh out of school is now approaching $100k/yr. Sounds like to mean, the reimbursement rates have not had a negative effect on profits nor compensation for highly trained professionals.
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Those numbers all sound wonderful, but the REALITY is good luck finding and retaining a job. Never before have I seen more nurses, pharmacists, and various other healthcare professionals unable to find jobs. Many young people who had intentions of going to college for healthcare professions are telling me they are being discouraged because of all of the negative feedback they are receiving from the REAL job market. It is NOT a good time for healthcare. I read all kinds of similar info like that which you quote above, even in professional journals, etc - those of us still out in the trenches find it laughable if it wasn't so disturbing. My husband has taken it upon himself to try and educate the educators involved in these professions and even some of them are beginning to acknowledge these truths. It will all come out in the end - unfortunately, unless something changes, it won't be very pretty.