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To: Ilaine who wrote (104819)	5/25/2001 11:16:40 AM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<<The nurse shortage isn't really related to inflation. More of a side effect of the managed care mess>> That's nonsense. If hospitals were overly concerned about the squeeze put on by managed care, they wouldn't be offering big signing bonuses, now would they? The nursing shortage IS related to inflation, plus the fact that the work is hard, dirty, sometimes dangerous and usually unappreciated. Women who would have been good nurses in the past have just found easier ways to make more money. Managed care entities don't care what hospitals pay their nurses, as long as the hospitals don't insist on higher reimbursement come contract renewal time. Of course, if everyone (all hospitals) are paying more, and demanding higher reimbursement, then customers of the managed care entities (large and small businesses, who are paying the premiums) will scream bloody murder when the increases are passed through (as they most surely will be). Like all insurance companies, managed care cos and health insurors are basically bookies. Higher costs in=higher costs out, plus margin and overhead. End result: higher insurance premiums and higher inflation.