In present times I have realized that we need to make many changes in the way we see healthcare. In the months to come there will be a shortage of doctors, nurses, and front liners. Why is there this shortage? How can we see where we went wrong in scouting more healthcare professionals? Where can we make those improvements? These are various questions that run through my mind. Being a healthcare management major and not furthering my career due to not being able to pursue a Masters degree because of personal reasons and many other factors. The main factor being that I didn’t want to be knee deep in debt and also many can only dream of getting a fantastic offer upon graduation.
Front liners can only do so much. What we need is better administration, more doctors with leadership qualities. Not having to worry about it taking 10-15 years to pay off their student loan debt. To not have to worry that more than half their paycheck goes to paying their bills and the other half goes towards their student loans which easily amount to 200K or more. When countries like Sweden, Poland, and Germany have free Healthcare and free medical college education. Why are we Americans so behind in making such amazing changes? Because we profit from a capitalist standpoint.
Universities and colleges only grant you so much to be able to pay for tuition, books, housing, and necessities. If we made sure that students were covered along the way, more students would have an incentive to consider becoming Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses, and Administrators. There should be more American born and raised doctors too. Instead of having to export doctors, we need to birth our own. The US heavily relies on foreign born doctors. There will also be a shortage this year of 45,000 doctors according to the National Rural Health Association. These existing doctors and healthcare professionals are putting their lives at risk to ensure that we are safe. Each doctor foresees up to 51 patients at a time. Under great stress, under extreme tension, these doctors and medical professionals put their happiness and safety above ours. It’s high time their efforts be recognized and their loans be forgiven. May the government open more Universities to the idea of more grants and low tuition costs. May America see more students considering medical professions. May we have more doctors per patient pools. May we have more universities be like NYU where medical schooling is free of charge. May we stand together and fight this Coronavirus and may our doctors and health professionals have more strength and incentive to take greater care of their patients. May the heroes of today live to see the heroes of tomorrow.
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