Nurses Union Warns Trump Policy Will Worsen Conditions (Again)
A 2018 Newsweek piece highlights a nurses union warning about worsening conditions under a Trump policy. The framing implies this 'crisis-level' situation is a novel development, tied specifically to Trump's actions. What's omitted from convenient mainstream narratives, however, is that US healthcare has been in a sustained state of managed decline for decades—a bipartisan effort fueled by
deregulation, privatization, and an unrelenting squeeze on frontline workers. Trump's policies merely exacerbated a system already designed to prioritize profit over patient care. Healthcare has been 'crisis-level' since before many current policymakers were even elected. The 'innovative' solutions always seem to involve austerity for patients and nurses, while CEOs rake in bonuses. One might
wonder why a system consistently in crisis is considered functioning by anyone with money to gain. (Spoiler: it works exactly as intended for them.)