Medical Professionals Are Revealing The “Dark Secrets” About Their Jobs That No One Knows

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“Home healthcare workers who work for Medicaid/Medicare patients are paid pitifully — and I mean you’d spit out your drink knowing how little. I’m not just talking about aides or CNAs, who are 110% just as vital and are likely in school. Well, maybe not anymore since nursing is no longer considered a PROFESSIONAL DEGREE, making it all but impossible to get a student loan. … This is why if you or a loved one is on Medicaid/Medicare, it can be extremely challenging to find a practitioner. Medicaid/Medicare is 100% allowed to pay the bare minimum and sometimes even LESS (they can also take several months longer to pay out a claim).”

“I worked at a private practice clinic for a few years, and the owner/doctor would sometimes just see medicaid patients for FREE because by the time everything was said and done, including all the paperwork, it was like LOSING money. Should I just go ahead and start working at Walmart instead? I genuinely don’t want to. I can sit here and BS you about how the only reason I stay is the patients —which definitely is part of it — but the other reason is being pissed that I’d even CONSIDER working anywhere else. I worked my butt off, paid student loans, etc., why the hell would I be forced to leave the job I chose??? It really is about patients, too. These are people who would otherwise be in the cheapest nursing home money could buy, using a reverse mortgage or something, knowing the day they die is when their home and any other assets will be taken away, and their families left with nothing, or older people who are dying and need more one-on-one care. This also applies to older and young people alike, whose families have to work somehow, or even just get a tiny bit of rest because being a caregiver for someone is physically and mentally exhausting.”

—maskedghost60