Nurses Were Covid Heroes. Now They’re Being Squeezed by Medicaid Cuts

Nurses Were Heroes, Now NYC Hospitals Cuts. Nurses Were Heroes, Now NYC Hospitals Cuts Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty/Canva

By Nick Mordowanec Newsweek

New York City nurses are calling for reforms as an industry plagued by a “broken” health care system threatens their livelihoods and the future of their profession.

Why It Matters

Nurses were considered vital and lauded as heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic, when at the outset the National Institutes of Health highlighting their “critical roles and responsibilities” that included front-line patient care in hospitals; ensuring personalized, high-quality services irrespective of infectious conditions; and engaging in planning for outbreaks stemming from coronavirus-related outbreaks that could overwhelm health systems.

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