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For years, nursing schools lured students with the promise that they would be snapped up by prestigious hospitals upon graduation, remunerated for their hard work with good pay and enviable job security. And they were right - until now, that is.

Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.

A professional nurses organization announced Thursday that they would like to be included in the ongoing debate over healthcare reform.

In accordance with what Mike and Ed have previously pointed out on healthcare alliances, I, too, am utterly dismayed at the allegations of nefarious goings-on within these organizations.

It is great to breathe a great big sign of relief! No, the RACs have not gone away, but they have finally become operational (rather than informational), and the first targets have been revealed.

In this video by Action for Better Healthcare, Don Ammon, retired president and CEO of Adventist Health, discusses the importance of adjusting incentives for primary care physicians as a key part of healthcare reform.

Nurses believe that heavy workloads and insufficient staff are impacting patient care and health outcomes around the world, according to research presented at the International Council of Nurses' 24th Quadrennial Congress.

Healthcare costs for the nation's employers are expected to grow by another nine percent next year, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.

The once "recession-proof" healthcare industry continues to struggle, with many hospitals laying off workers, health systems enduring investment losses, and states seeing their Medicaid rolls grow.

More healthcare finance news from the state and community level, where the rubber meets the road.