Forbes May 24, 2023
“We don’t have enough doctors. We don’t have enough nurses. We don’t have enough psychologists or counselors for addiction. We don’t have enough pharmacists,” bemoaned Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a recent CNN interview. He’s spot on – we do have a healthcare staffing crisis on our hands. But what happens all too often in Washington is that when lawmakers ring alarm bells, they forget they created the problems in the first place.
On May 11th, the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) officially ended. Thankfully the worst of the pandemic is now behind us. But we cannot forget one horrible legacy it left in its wake — namely the treatment nurses and other health care professionals received while working 24/7...