Legislation proposed to get federal government to cap nurse pay (especially travel nurses)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Two members of congress (Peter Welch-D VT and H Morgan Griffith-R Virginia) have rallied to try to get the federal government to cap nurse pay (especially travel nurses) and have 200 others voicing support. https://welch.house.gov/sites/welch.house.gov/files/WH%20Nurse%20Staffing.pdf

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[Hoyt]

1. Cap nursing staff pay? Not sure that will play well.

[LonePirate]

2. Why in the world do they think this is a good idea?

Nurses are already complaining about this bill on social media. They are pretty angry with this bill.

[Bayard]

3. No

Nurses are in high demand, and should be treated like any other traveling free-lancer. No one tops out their pay. Doctors do the same thing, as do other highly skilled or technical professions, and have done so for years.

Pay nurses what they are worth to stay put and you won't have a problem.

[Bobstandard]

4. Free market capitalism for all but thee

If we’re going to put a cap on pay, can we start with CEOs? Why go after nurses just when market demand makes it possible for them to earn solidly middle class, maybe even upper middle class, income for a change?

Call me when Surgeon or Dermatologist, or hospital administrator pay gets capped.

[Deuxcents]

5. Brilliant!

The teachers are leaving for other careers since they’re being targeted n now the traveling nurses. There’s a shortage of nurses so let’s have them go where they’re needed but cap their pay. Yep. A brilliant idea. I have one...let’s go after the lawmakers’ pay as they’re not getting the job done n have too many recesses. Let’s start at the top n then trickle down

[BlueJac]

6. Can we cap CEO pay too, and curb dark money in politics?

[IbogaProject]

12. Yep

yep, cap executive pay and campaign donations by non-profits and for profit health and pharmaceutical businesses.

[Phoenix61]

7. Except that's not what they are asking for.

They are asking to investigate the temp agencies that doubled and tripled their rates when Covid hit. Assuming those increases were passed onto the nurses is just that, an assumption. If the agencies haven’t done anything wrong they don’t have anything to worry about.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Thanks for the clarification. I can't find any news articles about this yet.

This tweet represents the tweeter's opinion.

[halfulglas]

8. It's a nonstarter and wrong.

Of course I'm against this but it's worded strangely. The cap would be against the staffing agency, not the nurses themselves, in other words the company employing them that sends them out to the hospitals. What there should be is a cap against the administrative costs and how much the staffing company can take versus what they charge the hospitals. Just as with home care agencies, the cost of what you pay to have somebody come in to check on you or bathe you, is not the wage the person is actually getting.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Thanks for the clarification. I can't find any news articles about this yet.

This tweet represents the tweeter's opinion.

[sop]

9. No doubt lobbyists representing the American Hospital Association are pushing this legislation.

Congress won't do anything about the rising cost of pharmaceuticals (or gas, housing and food), but they'll nickle and dime people putting their lives at risk caring for anti-vaxxers.